Rating: 
Summary: Common Sense Never Loses Relevance
Review: I'm not surprised that the Publisher's Weekly review cited above is a slam....Phyllis Schlafly has been slammed in the media her entire career. Yep...Phyllis Schlafly pretty much single-handedly stopped the Equal Rights Amendment. But before you label her a right-wing zealot, did you know that the ERA would have made young women (even young mothers) susceptible to the military draft? The fact of the matter is that this is a very sensible book, written by a very sensible and intelligent lady. While the P.C. forces of the world try to convince us that women aren't really THAT interested in having kids, and that kids are just as happy to be in daycare as they are to be with their own mothers, Schlafly brushes aside the baloney and speaks the truths we all know so well (but some of us refuse to admit). The fact of the matter is that "feminism" has been judging the success of females in strictly MASCULINE terms for the last 35 years...focusing more on material wealth and power than on children and family. Schlafly demonstrates over and over again how the so-called "sexual revolution" did more to HARM women than any other social movement since WWII, what with the explosion of no-fault divorce, abortion, and single motherhood. This little old lady has some important things to say. I am glad that I gave her a listen.
Rating:
Summary: Answering the feminists
Review: If there is one name in America that strikes terror in the hearts of most feminists, it is Phyllis Schlafly. For over four decades she has championed the cause of faith and family, and has resisted the radical social engineering of radical feminists, the homosexual lobby and other coercive utopians. She is perhaps most famous for almost single-handedly knocking down the feminist Equal Rights Amendment. Her 1964 book on what women really want, A Choice Not an Echo, sold 3 million copies. This volume is a collection of her columns, articles and essays written over the years. Arranged topically, they cover a number of important issues, including affirmative action, women in the military, the importance of marriage and family, women in the workplace, and so on. The offer some of the most insightful and challenging remarks found on these vital issues. Each pithy essay (there are around one hundred) is a minor classic. Take for example her 1987 piece, "Why Affirmative Action is Wrong for Women". The first two (of seven) reasons are worth citing: First, "the woman receiving the benefit is not a woman who was ever discriminated against. The benefits are not targeted for the victims. Nobody should be entitled to receive a remedy for any injury suffered by someone else." Second, "it is based on a theory of group rights as opposed to the American tradition of individual rights. Women are not a monolithic, cohesive group in which a grievance suffered by one woman should translate into a right or a remedy granted to another woman." Or consider the so-called glass ceiling. Says Schlafly, "Just because there is a small percentage of women in senior management does not prove discrimination. It proves instead that the majority of women have made other choices - usually family choices - rather than devoting themselves to the corporate world for sixty to eighty hours a week." The short essays contained in this book will not take long to read. But they will provide much food for thouht, rattle a few cages, and cause much mirth (depending on where you stand on the issues). With the overwhelming proliferation of the feminist worldview in the media and elsewhere, it is reassuring to know that countering voices still exist. And this is one of the best.
Rating: 
Summary: Vapid Excuse for An Essay Collection
Review: It would be helpful if the woman cited her studies and statistics, but since she finds no reason to do so, I can't trust a word she says.
Rating:
Summary: Schlafly and her kind hate America
Review: It's that simple. They'd prefer to live in Afghanistan during the Taliban era or maybe the Middle Ages. These women are self-hating, and they aren't worth taking seriously. I'm not any sort of radical feminist here. Save your money.
Rating:
Summary: She's Done it Again
Review: Ms. Schlafly once again proves why we listen to her so much. I won't try to go in depth but every girl and woman must read this book.
Rating:
Summary: hits a nerve, doesn't it?
Review: Phyllis Schlafly exposes feminist ideas for what they truly are-complete nonsense. I, for one, think that majority of young women today are seriously confused about who they are-on one hand they want act like whores, on the other to be treated respectfully by men. They think they can have full time career, children and a husband who is supposed to be "sensitive" and "in touch with his feminine side". They don't seem to understand that there are choices to be made and you can't have it both ways. Personally, I want to be treated like a lady by men, I want a man to open the door for me and hold my chair in a restorant, or help me carry a heavy package. I want my husband to do the "manly" things around the house like fixing our plumbing or tuning our car. I want men to treat me like a woman because I, contrary to the feminists, am not afraid of being one.
Rating:
Summary: FEMINISM IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD
Review: Phyllis Schlafly has always been an over-the-top ranter. Everything is black and white. And her side of course is white.
What she never acknowledges, at least in print, is what feminists have done for the good of women (which I really don't think is that important to her as long as she is doing well), the good of families, and of our society. She is not alone in blaming all of the ills on the world on
feminists, but in my era (which is roughly hers, though I'm somewhat younger) she was the pre-eminent one and from which everyone else took their cues. Some of the things that have taken place since the era of
feminism - 1960's and on: We can expect the police to come if
there is domestic violence; a rape victim can take the perpetrator to trial even if her life has not been perfect; she can get a job without being asked if she is married, or engaged, or taking birth control, ( and trust me, you younger readers, this was standard procedure back when I was starting out, as was lower pay even for very trackable jobs like teaching the same subject in the same town at the same grade level), you can now get your own credit card and your bank loans under the same conditions as men, you can make the decision on whether you
will use birth control rather than your doctor whose sensibilities may not be the same (or as one doctor told my
sister, "but you only have two children so far; the answer is
no.") I can guarantee you that Schlafly did not fight any of those battles. She was too busy telling OTHER women to get back
into the home during her high-profile, often-away-from home
career. Schlafy declares that by mid-1980's radical feminism was over,
and she cites women who say "all I want is a husband" and things
of nature. Actually, I think that nothing is more telling of
victory. If you asked any of those women if they would like to
go back to any of the situations mentioned above, there would
be a resounding "no." Yes of course they want a husband and
probably kids too. 15 years into the revolution they have
forgotten or are too young to realize the battles that had to
be fought on their behalf. The bottom line for Schafley and her ilk is that women's value
lies in the home. And for those who are not married or are
widowed or the children are grown are essentially people who
can be sacrificed for the good of the idea. Never mind that
that group of people is now over half of us. Never mind those who aren't part of any of that group but who break out in a sweat every time the insurance bill or the utilities bill arrives or who have to say no to piano lessons or swimming lessons or even a movie because there is no money. Never mind that at no time in the history of either the U.S. or the world have we had anything like a perfect world. We have always had problems and will continue to have them until the end of time. If you think that until the 2nd half of last century, kids' lot was pretty much like "Little House on the Prairie," you might read some of the social history of 18th and 19th C. Great Britain. The horrors
were not limited to Great Britain, but the Brits seemed to be particularly adept at writing about them. Think about it - if everything was so wonderful, why did we have this huge social revolution in the 60's and 70's. Was it because we women were selfish, terrible people. Or was it because there were people out there (Schlafly included) who knew what was best for the rest of the world. Something like,
you may be equal in the sight of God, but you ain't equal here. I've worked all of my adult life (except for 4 years when
we were moving from place to place because of my husband's job).
My children are all grown, never any trouble with the law,
all except one out of four were honor students in high school,
and all are college graduates or students, one is an-ex marine.
No one is on the dole, all attend church, there are no illigitmate babies, no shacking up. We are a very close knit family that gets together every Sunday for dinner
along with the spouses and the kids. What went wrong! How
can this be! Maybe the answers are not quite so simple as
Ms. Schlafly would like to imply.
Rating:
Summary: A Must Read
Review: Phyllis Schlafly's newest book, Feminist Fantasies, provides the reader with everything anyone would want to know about the feminist movement over the last 40 years. It is well written, fully documented, and provides insight into why ERA was never ratified and the feminists agenda failed. It's classic Schlafly at her best.
Rating: 
Summary: Misses Some Points
Review: She has some good basic conservative ideas to share but fails to recognize that feminism is a search for female identify and confidence, which are good things, it is not just a political plot to overthrow motherhood.
Not all of feminism is evil.
She is a little too extreme on the right for my tastes, but it's a good read to see what the extreme right's logic or lack thereof is in the 21st century.
Rating:
Summary: AWESOME
Review: straight talk exposing the misled fortunes of hypersensitive, confused generations. thank you
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