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Summary: a good read
Review: straight talk exposing the misled fortunes of hypersensitive, confused generations. thank you
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Summary: The truth hurts doesn't it....ladies
Review: The book explains how woman/feminists are not actual harbors of original social thought/thinking, but only vessels of created-institutionalized-propaganda. In fact, most if not all feminist only spout-off what they themselves have been indoctrinated with. I must say that feminists have contributed to the destruction of the family, education, military and community, mindless fashion/arts/trends/clothing,image-based-trampy music industry, pornography, job-losses, moral relativisim, limp-wristed men, political correctness, homosexuality and lesbianism. So yes, they have done a lot. I am grateful for a REAL woman that can tell it like is or was. Maybe not all is lost...Hats-off to you Mrs. Schlafly.
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Summary: Illuminating, Informative and Instructive
Review: This book is a must read for women who have been fed the delusive one-sided feminist philosophy, as well as for college-aged would-be budding femminists. ---Those living in a world of denial need not apply.
But for those open to reality it's a must read indeed!
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Summary: AWESOME
Review: This book is AWESOME to say the least. Bravo for a woman who is not afraid to be feminine! Usually a book that creates such anger from other raters is a good read and usually has much convicting truth in it. No one likes to be convicted. I am an honor graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and put aside an $80,000/year job to stay home with my children. Why? Because they are priceless - worth much more than 80k a year. Thank you Phyllis. I am not afraid to be a stay at home mom!! I feel so honored and priveleged that God has given me this opportunity to do so.
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Summary: Out of Date/Out of Touch
Review: This collection of essays by Phyllis Schlafly essentially repeats her mantra: women don't really want equality and even if they do it is baaad. Her musings on the nature of masculinity and feminity are almost comically out of touch with reality. It appears her views have evolved no more frequently than her trademark hair-do, itself a relic of the 50s. Most unfortunate is that Schlafly's own life seems to contradict what she writes. Schlafly, obviously, is no stay-at-home woman. She herself utilizes the attributes of masculinity that she declares off limits to good, christian women. And what of the fact that childrearing using all her righteous indignation produced a gay son? Schlafly has all the charateristics of a feministy, yet she uses the term to label those whom she hates. The result is a book that seems dated, tired, and intellectually dishonest.
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Summary: Subtle distortions lead to frustration
Review: This is a collection of opinion pieces or columns which center around the theme of the damage modern so-called feminism has done to American society. Some of the major themes include the way in which modern "feminists" pushed for women to be drafted and serve in combat positions, how unsuited most women are for combat and how this weakens our armed services, the destructive way in which pushing women into the workforce has affected young children, equal pay for equal work, the ugly character of some prominent "feminists", sexual promiscuity and its destructive impact on women, how she and her organization defeated the Equal Rights Amendment, the marriage tax, pornography, rape and violence, and other topics. For me, it is an exercise in frustration to read anything Schlafly has written about feminism. The reason for this is that Schlafly fails to acknowledge the debt modern women owe to the original feminists, which includes their accomplishments, including laws against abortion, helping to end slavery, suffrage for women, the right to keep custody of our children in divorce, the right to keep one third or one half of the marital community in the case of divorce (something she praises, while failing to acknowledge who fought for this right), and so on. She says so much I have to agree with. But the failure to mention this critically important aspect of history serves subtly to distort the picture of the modern situation. Failure to include important facts is a form of misdirection. I have to admit that if she were to include this information, it could serve to weaken her case.At the same time, there were some very important factors that got very little attention from her, most notably the huge destruction that legalized abortion has wrought on women, the family, and on respect men have for women, as well as the fact that the vast majority of mothers who work outside the home do so because modern taxes are astronomical. She does touch on taxes, but fails to present the much larger picture that our taxes in general are confiscatory and discourage industriousness. Schlafly also fails to recognize the existence of modern pro-life feminism, and of the opportunity this presents to undo much of the damage of the "feminists". This is not my first encounter with her failure. Schlafly also seems unaware of the ways in which her acknowledged conservatism have colored the picture she presents. She does talk about the fact that so many "feminists" are liberals and socialists, but she fails to recognize that there are others of us who are conservative or libertarian. Because of what she does say that is correct (such as her outstanding analysis of why women don't belong in combat), I encourage people to read the book, but at the same time, to remember its limitations. It does represent the opportunity to wrestle with the issues and form opinions, for and against her viewpoint. But all in all, I am disappointed that although Schlafly knows of the existence of pro-life feminism, she fails to acknowledge us and to take advantage of the opportunity we offer to correct the very social ills she decries. Schlafly's personal life is the epitome of the self-realized woman. She not only raised six children, but she earned a degree in law, became prominent in the conservative movement, and has published several books. Yet, she fails to acknowledge that not all women are capable of being twice as good as a man in order to accomplish similar things, or the way in which most women experienced limited opportunities. One glaring failure is the failure to note that the workplace does not acknowledge years of child-rearing as work-related experience, which greatly handicaps the mother whose children are grown who must now earn a living. One would think that out of gratitude, she would be willing to support the cause of such women, but alas! such is not the case. I am reluctant to use the h-word, but I can't help but think it. Pat Goltz
cofounder
Feminists for Life
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Summary: A worthy collection of essays but could use a careful edit
Review: This is a fine collection of the best of Schlafly's columns that center on women and the family versus feminism and the trends in modern society. They range from a very astute observation about how much time is REALLY needed to teach a child to read versus the hours of ineffective busywork in schools and how schools actually destroy the ability to learn, to trends that harm the family in our society. This book could have used some updating and careful editing. For example, the title of the book is "Feminist Fantasies" but one of the essays deals with rape as an erotic theme in literature. Since feminists don't like rape anymore than Mrs. Schlafly, it would have been better, in my opinion, to leave out this section. Mrs. Schlafly argues in one essay that women could stay home as half their salaries are often used towards childcare. But the salary figure quoted as "comfortable" is now quite dated. Schlafly's assessment of an income that would be lavish at the time she wrote the essay would today be a hardship for a family of four in many parts of the country. In another essay, she discusses how the tax system in the US forces women out of the home. Which is really the case for the majority, that women work outside the home because they must, or to to pay for a lavish lifestyle? (I personally believe it is now primarily because the majority of women must work.) And neither essay discusses the choice of some women to use their talents, as Mrs. Schlafly certainly does, to be both mother, homemaker and also accomplished in their career. Or the choice to choose career over homemaker and the right to choose, which was afforded by co-education, the right to vote, and changes in lending laws. I think this book would have had greater impact if some time had been spent updating, commenting and crafting the combination of essays more carefully. As an overview of Schlafly's conservative thought on these issues, this book is a valuable resource. But the book's organization and content weaken the arguments.
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Summary: Femisinim != Anti-Family/Anti-Child
Review: This is the primary fallacy of these articles.
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Summary: barefoot in the kitchen..
Review: Why does dressing like a woman makes Ann Coulter believe he can write a book about feminism? Isn't it a women's prerogative?
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