Who's Afraid of Feminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9689548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Dwyer (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 327-342 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300008386 |
| OpenAlex | W2134151874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
Philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers's target in Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women is “gender feminism.” Her aim is to convince us that gender feminists are anti-intellectual opportunists who deliberately spread lies about the incidence of date rape (chap. 10), domestic battery (Preface, chap. 9) and about the general state of male-female relations in America (chaps. 1, 9 and 11), thereby generating fear and resentment of men (chap. 2), all so that they may secure vast amounts of government funding and high-paying jobs in the academy (chaps. 4, 5 and 6). Because gender feminists are condescending to and contemptuous of the “average woman,” they lack a grass-roots constituency (p. 22). Nonetheless, they are powerful enough to be feared. Gender feminists have managed to dupe the U.S. Congress (chap. 8), and an otherwise sceptical press literally eats out of their hands (p. 15). Gender feminism is also a leading cause of the weakening of the American university (p. 52), and has “made the American campus a less happy place” (p. 112)
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2017 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |