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Most of her arguments were solid, a few of her premises were flawed (my main criticism of feminism).
My favorite line, and the crux of her argument, which I agree with: "If you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women."
The feminist solution is often to stop holding women to standards, since we don't hold the same standards for men. I'm never for a solution where we stop holding standards. Far better to tea ...more
Most of her arguments were solid, a few of her premises were flawed (my main criticism of feminism).
My favorite line, and the crux of her argument, which I agree with: "If you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women."
The feminist solution is often to stop holding women to standards, since we don't hold the same standards for men. I'm never for a solution where we stop holding standards. Far better to tea ...more
Good reminders, all of them.
And, she always says things best.
And, she always says things best.
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