Deze Amerikaanse auteur, een voormalig hoogleraar filosofie, staat bekend om haar kritiek op het feminisme van eind 20e eeuw en haar geschriften over feminisme in de hedendaagse Amerikaanse cultuur. Haar werk duikt diep in de complexiteit en evolutie van feministisch denken binnen de moderne samenleving. De auteur biedt een indringend onderzoek naar feministische thema's en hun impact op het huidige Amerikaanse culturele discours.
"This updated and revised edition of the controversial classic, which is now more relevant than ever, argues that boys have become the primary victims of American society, showing how boys' weaknesses are aggravated by anti-boy prejudices and offering constructive suggestions on how to help young males"--Amazon.com.
The book explores the debate surrounding the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering, questioning whether bias is the primary factor as suggested by a 2007 National Academy of Sciences report. It features a collection of essays that present diverse perspectives on the issue, offering insights into potential alternative explanations for the scarcity of women in quantitative fields. This multifaceted approach encourages critical thinking about gender dynamics in academia and industry.
How Women Have Betrayed Women
In Who Stole Feminism?, philosophy professor Christina Sommers has exposed how a group of zealots are promoting a dangerous new agenda that sets women against men in all spheres of life.In case after case, Sommers shows how these extremists have propped up their arguments with highly questionable but well-funded research, presenting inflammatory and often inaccurate information and stifling any semblance of free and open scrutiny.
Americans have traditionally placed great value on self-reliance and fortitude. In recent decades, however, we have seen the rise of a therapeutic ethic that views Americans as emotionally underdeveloped, psychically frail, and requiring the ministrations of mental health professionals. Today---with a book for every ailment, a lawsuit for every grievance and a TV show for every conceivable problem---we are at risk of degrading our native ability to cope with life's challenges.Drawing on established science and common sense, Christina Sommers and Dr. Sally Satel reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives, with a host of troubling consequences, *The myth of stressed-out, homework-burdened, hyper-competitive, and depressed schoolchildren in need of therapy and medication*The loss of moral bearings in our approach to lying, crime, and addiction*The unasked-for "grief counselors" who descend on bereaved families, schools, and communities following a tragedyIntelligent, provocative, and wryly amusing, One Nation Under Therapy demonstrates that "talking about" problems is no substitute for confronting them.
"Women's equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute? In Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to social feminism's forgotten heroines. More importantly, she demonstrates that a modern version of social feminism -- in which women are free to employ their equal status to pursue happiness in their own distinctive ways -- holds the key to a feminism renaissance" --Back cover.