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Take back the night? From whom, one wonders?,
By King of Controversy "Can't you see what's goi... (Secret underground location. Fortress of Solitude. Lone Ranger Hideout.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Failure of Feminism (Hardcover)
Of all the books about Gender and Men's rights I've read (at least the ones from the right) I enjoyed this one the least maybe. The Failure of Feminism is a bit disjointed and unorganized. Though it is done in a 'scholarly' format, with footnotes at the bottom of each page, at times it sounds like a rant. Works like, 'The Myth of Male Power' and 'The Hazards of being Male' and even 'The Manipulated Man' bombard you with so many facts and figures, and are persuasive, too, in their own right. Lets not forget George Gilder's, "Wealth and Poverty", a book Ronald Reagan distributed to his staff as president. Men's rights, contraception, the family, this is where the heart of the Republican party beats - sure, the majority may be 'fiscal conservatives'. . . let's try and not make too much fun of them. Even feminists have gotten into the men-as-victims act, one publishing a book titled, "The War Against Boys". Haven't read that one. Another Amazon reviewer writes, of Esther Vilar's 'The Manipulated Man', "Vilar's book is completely devastating; no one can read it and be unmoved". This is not such a book. The Failure of Feminism gets 4 stars from me simply for the title and the fact I remember so many lines from the work 20 years later. Davidson asks, "Take back the night. From whom, one wonders"?
Another reviewer pointed out, saying feminism has 'failed', is a bit of a misnomer. Charlotte Low, who reviewed both Michael Levin's 'Feminism and Freedom' and 'The Failure of Feminism', together, in Commentary Magazine, writes, "Levin is hardly as sanguine as Davidson that feminism is a spent ideology. He argues instead that it has been all too insidiously successful, and is likely to remain so for a long time, largely because it has captured the courts, the government bureaucracies, the educational system from kindergarten through graduate school, and the major philanthropic foundations, which distribute millions of dollars to fund "women's rights" projects". She believes both writers were influenced by another fine work, titled 'The Inevitability of Patriarchy'. The problem is Davidson's assertion feminism has failed. . . it's a bit like a kindergarten flag football team, getting ready to play the world champ NY giants, saying, "the champs are doomed"? Davidson's attitude makes one wonder if he's a bit out of touch or maybe playing for the other side. Conservative Dinesh D Souza writes, in modern America, "everyone reaches for the lowest rung of the ladder (the lowest rung of the victim ladder)". In today's world, the most 'disadvantaged' are exalted the highest. I do think this is a mindset who's days are inevitably numbered. But that day is not today. Get with the program, Davidson! He does say Feminism failed because women want an even more masculine and virile man. He points out that women and feminists have some disdain for the new unisex, metro-sexual, man. Or at least don't prefer one as a boyfriend. Not sure how this shows feminism has failed. . . How does wanting, and getting, a more protective, more chivalrous, more aggressive man, how is that a disadvantage? We certainly have sex offender registries at home and 'tolerance' statements in the workplace, in case one steps over the line. It's an advantage to have an even more rugged man, if you can find one, and isn't feminism about what's best for women? At one point Davidson parodies the women's movement. . . If I remember correctly. . . he writes about American door knobs and explains how their shape and history is one of oppression towards women. Davidson explains, "Find something that bothers you. Explore how it is caused by tradition and by men, and you will have reproduced the method common to most feminist analysis. Literally thousands of articles have been written in this manner. If the cause is indirect, so much the better. You will fill your readers with horror as you reveal to them the perversity of concealed influence". At one point, he talks about people supporting him and helping him while he wrote this book. It sounds as if he may have been living out of his friends house. I enjoyed this bit of commisery. He offers some advice at the end. He says, if you're ever on TV, Donahue show or what have you, you have an advantage, "never mind that you hold the truly compassionate position, people will literally have never heard your ideas before". That's certainly true. If there were justice in this world, people would have heard his ideas, and Davidson would be an important community leader. A member of some university or corporate board's 'diversity' panel. I certainly hope he is.
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