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Summary: Fantastic Reading!
Review: A great read! Enjoyed the humor -- especially since feminists have no sense of humor.
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Summary: I Am Not Afraid
Review: An earlier reviewer stated that Phyllis Schlafly is a name that should strike fear into the hearts of femenists. I am not afraid. These women, especially writing together, completely lack a factual base for their over the top rantings and incomplete conclusions. There is nothing to be afraid of here; I feel only sadness for any woman who has been convinced, either by herself or her environment, that she is not worth her own rights. Femenism is evil, then, is it? This movement, which has kept women alive and fighting against physical and intellectual rapists, bigots from both genders, and mental illness and distress, should be smashed into the ground from whence it came? Call me militant. It's better than the bullied insecurity that Schlafly and Coulter try to pass off as strength and radicalism.
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Summary: What Feminists Don't Want You to Know!
Review: Author, Phyllis Schlafly, tells a compelling story about the feminist movement and details how their empty promises have misguided and disappointed thousands upon thousands of women. It is a "must read" for all high school and college women as they plan and make choices for their future.
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Summary: Binary Distortions
Review: During the 1970's, Phyllis Schlafly and other conservative women (irrespective of my own personal feelings towards them) received national prominence in their public campaigns against the women's liberation movement. Their public actions apparently contradicted their own proclaimations women stay home and leave the politcs, but were blunted by apparently convincing statistics then somewhat reflecting a segment of the American public. Furthermore, because pre-existing job segregation and gender role conditioning paralleled the presentation, the afforementioned set could somewhat explain her objections to modern feminism, in a way today's offering clearly falls short. Although Schlafly and I fall on opposite ends of the political spectrum, and I had honestly not expected much after surveying her previous work, I was shocked a major publisher produced a work whose editing process fails college grammar standards. Since the 1970's, American society has undoubtedly changed in many demographic perspectives, but Schafly remains caught in some weird paradigm which believes utilizing 30 year old statistics makes for ethical research. The self-described authority of anti-feminism forgets the principle rule of credible debate requires serious presentation of supporting facts. No matter who you are, people are not going to listen to a speaker without the requsite data and supporting awareness of social shifts. Because American terrain itself has shifted so drastically since the 1970's (especially for racial/ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and other previously subordinated groups) the economic structure she champions is no longer workable for every single family. A two parent income is a reality for some families in the abscence of liveable market wages, adequate enforcement of non-discrimination laws, and consistent opportunity AND ability to utilize the latest medical technology. Resorting to binary creation of 'good' vs. 'anti-family' women unwittingly sells her own arguments further short because the real world (and daily existence within) is not an either/or binary. Most people fit comfortably in several niches, depending on their own needs and the specific political issue put forth to address that afformentioned sittuation. Ideally, everybody lives a comfortable life, but individuals of all political ideologies who have been paying attention to newsreports understands that stratification abounds, and the socioeconomic discrepancy is even widening. That a Catholic such as Schafly (whose religion openly prescribes a consistent life ethic and greater attention to social welfare needs as a way of reducing abortion) continues to engage in such naive and convinent presentations is disappointing, but not at all shocking. Since her earliest campaigns supporting presidential candidiate Barry Goldwater (who coincidentally WAS later able to understand the importance of credible research and keeping BOTH one's argument and mind updated) Schlafly has specialized in distortion and self-projection. The still red-scare tinged enviroment of the 1960's (and to a lesser extent the 1970's) might have permitted a certain degree of flamboyance and personal liberty in report preparation, but the Cold War is largely over and today's political climate expects grownups to substantiate their own research claims. While there are still no shortage of anti-feminists in American society, Schafly ironically makes the best case against her own continued participation within American politics. Unable and unwilling to deal with modern society, now she has reached the point of even being unable to work with contemporary anti-feminists such as Christine Stolba and Wendy McElroy who recognize social statistical portraits have shifted. Indeed, myself and other feminists no longer have to work against Schlafly's organizing efforts when she has apparently appropriated that task for herself.
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Summary: Feminism Described and Defeated
Review: Feminism Described, because Mrs. Schlafly, does not spare any facts. She exposes the feminist movement for what it really is: a discriminatory band of grumpy old women, who oppose everything and anything that is good about all things American. Anything from stay-at-home moms, to the basic family values, to the way American military conducts wars. All that in the name of Equality!
Feminist Fantasies provides countless examples of hypocrisy that drives "the movement" towards the "better future." I especially liked: "Hillary: Feminist Heroine?" "The Feminization of the U.S. Military," and "Kelly Flinn Flimflam." Feminism Defeated due to the fact that Mrs. Schlafly provides the reader with all the "ammunition" needed to defeat any and all attacks from this left wing conspiracy group. A group that while empowered by the Clinton Presidency [choose one: Hillary or Bill] almost gave the authority over the children of this country, to the useless bunch of bureaucrats at the UN, while at the same time destroying the tax-cuts that would be of tremendous help to the American working-class families. The book itself is compiled of many essays, which sometimes are hard to follow. However, each individual essay by itself is written in plain language, a language that is enjoyable and informative. The book possesses good quality craftsmanship, and is printed on very good paper [as it states on the last page] "...of archival quality." Which was a very good idea, considering that the fight with feminists is not over yet, and the book itself will most likely not see too much of the shelf time.
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Summary: Timeless Principles
Review: Feminist Fantasies eloquently presents timeless principles that every woman of every age should read. If it is possible to share Phyllis Schlafly's brilliance, it is through reading her wisdom gained from first-hand experiences that span more than three decades. Schlafly's work will profit any woman with the courage to compare and contrast her accomplishments with those of the feminists. While many of them never married or had children, they now face devastating regrets, which underscores Schlafly's incredible success as the inventor of the pro-family movement that aims to defend and protect traditional families. Feminists would like modern women to overlook their foolish history, but smart women would do well to read Schlafly's book and then introduce future generations to it in hopes of preventing them from repeating the same mistakes.
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Summary: Afraid of Social Evolution??
Review: How far back would these "women" like to take us? Some women do prefer to stay home with their children, some choose to go to work outside the home, and most of us choose to do some combination. It is a choice for each family to make. I find that the arguements in this book are weak at best. This holds especially true if you look at how these women authors choose to live their own lives - they aren't exactly barefoot and pregnant. If you are afraid of social evolution than this book is for you. If not save your money.
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Summary: A bit outdated for my blood
Review: I am in agreement with Publisher Weekly. Many of Schlafly's opinions seemed to be rather outdated in today's social climate. She seemed every bit as angry and extreme as the feminists she complained about. Her essays just sounded like some person mouthing off her personal opinions, which is fine, but I'd rather read from someone who has more credible expertise in social and psychological issues. I do agree that we need to put more emphasis on family than on our own careers, but that goes for men as well as women. Thank god I live in a generation where more men feel they can be just as nurturing as women, and feel it's only right to take on 50% of house-hold duties (thanks to feminists). She also made some disdain remarks about alternative families (i.e. same sex parenting) which I didn't appreciate. She made a lot of references towards Judeo-Christian values, but seemed to forget that not everyone is a conservative Christian. She also included some essays about family violence and rape, which I found inappropriate in the context in this book, since feminists have legally done a lot to help solve these problems. Remember Schlafly: We view the world not as it is, but as we are. No matter how objective you claim to be, your opinions are only your opinions, and they are biased. Feminist Fantasies are not fantasies at all - they just didn't sit well with Schlafly. As a young woman, I am happy to say that Feminism is no longer a dirty word, and many young men are in agreement with Feminism. That being said, I would recomment this book to anyone interested in reading about arguments against the Feminist movement.
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Summary: Phyllis Schlafly: A True Female Success Story
Review: I disagree with the Publisher Weekly critical review wherein the author is criticized by asserting that certain presumptions attach to her writing, i.e., that the subject is "white, middle-class, and educated." Again, it's the old liberal argument from subjectivity: if someone writes from a single perspective (which everyone does), it automatically invalidates the thinking for all other perspectives. False. Or, the other liberal falacy: if one disagrees with the lefty position on a given issue, that person is ipso facto white, middle-class, and educated -- as though these were themselves intellectually neutralizing characteristics. False. In point of fact, however, the author, Schlafly, was not middle-class or educated when she started out. She worked her way through college and became the first female student admitted to Harvard Law School. She was described uniformly by her professors as 'brilliant.' She is a real intellect insofar as she allows her disputation, her arguments, to stand for themselves, unlike the tireless feminist self-marketers like Sontag (who is this self-appointed "intellect" anyway? -- she has said not a thing that makes any sense in four decades and her prose is insipid and pretentious) and Gloria Steinem (who admits she slept with a powerful publisher merely to get a loan for her magazine -- a highly hypocritical prospect, given the feminist philosophy). These feminists market themselves. They want, one senses, more to make money than to find out intellectually defensible philosophies. Schlafly leaves them in the dust, intellectually. She's the real thing. The lefty media will have to resort to their primary debate tactics with regard to this book: name calling. It's logically unassailable.
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Summary: Feminist Fantasies Deflated
Review: I loved this book. If you are sick of angry, ranting feminists who are mad at the world and want to blame everyone but themselves for their misery, this is the book for you. Find out why feminists are so insufferable and how they got that way, and prevent you daughters from suffering the same fate. You'll get a lot of belly laughs along the way!
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