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Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports

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The Amazon reviews of this book are perplexing. Either five stars or one? Is it really that polarizing? I read this book, cover to cover, and can honestly say that it's got some good points, some bad points, and some controversial points. One reviewer claims that the scholarship is poor, which is patently untrue; it has copious endnotes and each direct quote is scrupulously documented. Some of the arguments, such as in the wage gap chapter, ARE a bit weak. However, the logic of the Title IX chapter (that non-sports-playing female monority applicants are actually disadvantaged by Title IX in favor of those seeking positions on sports teams) is extremely compelling and should make anyone who is serious about academics uncomfortable with our university system.

Whether you agree or disagree with the premise of this book, PLEASE at least take the time to read it. Most of the reviews here are uninformed polemics and don't help to further rational dialogue.

So many people who rate this book as one star claim that Kate is attacking those women who, in the not so distant past, fought rightly for women's equality and that somehow Kate is `stuck in the 50s'. They have not read the book, or refuse to acknowledge the facts, continuing their hypocritical argument that modern feminism is about equality.

Modern day feminism, of course, has nothing to do with equality. It seeks more to elevate women's privileges, rights and interests above and beyond that of what men receive. None of Kates topics are from a time period anywhere near the 50s and I felt the book, and some of its reviews, show how some women are becoming worse than men ever were. These women blatantly discriminate, think they have a right to do so, and are proud of it. There is a big gap between the women's rights movement of the 40s 50s and 60s and of modern day feminism. The negative reviews this book receives has shown how many feminists continue to link today's movement with yesteryears and, somehow, that makes them automatically righteous. These women deserve their own chapter in Kates book `Women who make the world worse'.

It is not difficult to see the effect that these women have had on society. Kate structures her book well and tackles each example with solid, researched information. Government legislation, biased family courts, ignorance towards lagging performance in schools of boys and the feminization of the military, sports, workplace and justice system. The idiocy over the Harvard `incident' was my favorite chapter, illustrating how some women will not accept that men may be better at some things than women, but applaud women who excel beyond boys in a women focused education, work and political system. There's lots of money and jobs out there for women who cry foul when they don't get their own way. Kate is able to highlight just what modern feminists have to lose should men ever get equality. Harvard has been forced to put forward $50 million to fund a new equality department which, headed by a staunch feminist no doubt, will justify it own existence and secure its own funding based on perpetuating female oppression, whether it occurs or not.

Kate does not tackle all of modern feminisms double standards, there certainly are plenty more of them out there, but she does an excellent job of identifying and analyzing the ones that have the most effect on our society. I am glad that some women have a good grasp on the facts of modern day feminism and are able to separate the differences between feminism and equality so effectively. Kate is highlighting not how far women have come, but how far some women have gone. It gives hope for equality....some day.

There is a saying amongst mens rights groups. `Reverse a gender issue and see if it would still be tolerated'. Would women tolerate the treatment men receive in society today?

Of course not. That would be discrimination, wouldn't it?

Judging by the many one-star reviews, this book has touched a very sore nerve. It is a sad fact of current society that such a well-written, well-researched, and reasonable book elicits emotional attacks from many who seem not to have actually read it. Many people dislike unpleasant facts that contradict their chosen dogmas. Modern feminism is in many ways a secular religion whose adherents abhor anything critical(factual or otherwise)of their raison d'etre. O'Beirne exposes them for what they are. If you are interested in a fact-based exposition of feminism, I highly recommend this book.

For far too long, Feminists have had a blank slate to make whatever nauseating, outrageous, unsupported claims they pleased aided by the mainstream media. From stay-at-home Moms to equal pay and on, Kate O'Beirne's excellent read lays waste to much of the claptrap that NOW and other leftists have been troweling out for years.

insightful, what a girl needs to read. Too long we've pandered to women who claim sufferage due to events in history experienced by other women long before today's self proclaimed misandry feminist were born.

Every girl needs to read this to avoid becoming entraped by these predatorial feminist, and every boy should read it to recognize who not to trust.

I almost didn't buy this book because of the most recent reviews. (I hadn't gone back to the previous reviews, if I had I would have not hesitated in purchasing it.) Someone said that it was poorly researched without supporting documentation of information or quotes - wrong. There is research data galore, 19 pages to be exact. Another reviewer accused her of attacking the women (feminists) who made her success possible - wrong again. Women have had a long history of writing and publishing before O'beirne's targeted group joined feminist forces, probably before they were born. Other women, as well as men, were responsible for the changes there.

What O'beirne has done is shown were feminism has gone wrong. That's where the "radical" (from another reviewer) comes in. I have read enough feminist information to know that O'beirne is not portraying that group inaccurately, but she does disagree and proves the foundation of why she feels so and why it should be important to society as a whole.

I thought this book was going to be about bashing particular women which I wasn't interested in (that was one of my hesitations, aided by the illustration on the cover.) This wasn't. It was researched and documented like any other topic would be. She used others, males and females, words, examples, and experiences to support her point of view. That is the right way to do it.

PS. Why has Amazon chosen to put 2 one-star (negative) reviews in it's "Spotlight Review" when the overwhelming reader reviews for the book show 4 - 5 (positive) stars? Interesting.

O'Beirne spares no one from her well justified skewering wrath. Women who are held by some in virtual icon status are examined, dissected, and exposed for all to see as the flailing insect-intellects they are.

What is exceptional about the book is its explanation of how these charlatans have been able to do so much damage to society with so little personal cost to themselves. There is a brilliant insight here --that the truly evil acts of those who are "politically correct" are done at great cost and harm to others, and society at large, but the perpetrators are never held to account.

A book like this is a good start. It has been interesting watching the squirming denials and rebuttals from the left, all of which ring as hollow as the craniums of the women on parade in O'Beirn's novel.

A great read, and well worth the time.

Kate O'Beirne writes for the National Review. Whatever your opinion on women's rights, she is articulate. If the book had a less insulting cover, maybe more people might check it out and agree with at least some of her views. The gist of her argument is that men and women are meant to complement one another. She does not want to see hostility between the sexes, but rather peaceful and harmonious coexistence. Certainly, there has been no shortage of abuse of women all over the world and over many centuries. However, there are many good and worthy men deserving of respect.

The author centers on the more radical theorists among feminist academics to illustrate her point. Many of these women attack men in the classroom and berate "the patriarchy." She argues that, since women have the ability to bear children, they have to make choices that men do not. This carries into some interesting discussions about comparable worth and whether women have made strides in their careers and compensation versus men. O'Beirne interviews women who were devoted to their careers and others who were more family oriented. She believes that the only reason women, on average, make less than men is because they choose to leave the work force to bear children.

After reading this book you won't learn anything about feminists or any of the women mentioned in the book. You will learn a great deal about Kate O'Beirne. The portrait of her emerging from this book is not pretty. This woman has a truly ugly soul. She is filled with fear and loathing.

Another thing; her obsession with Sex and the City as well as lesbianism is telling. Kate O'Beirne has some serious "issues".

It is not feminists who are destroying the US military. It is the Bush administration. He has weakened our military to the point of putting troops in harms way without body armour. What is the point of mentioning facts though? O'Beirne is not interested in facts. She has open contempt for reason and empirical evidence. She relies on assertion and lies.

This book is strictly for those who believe the earth is flat, up is down, war is peace.

Is there much more to say? The arguments she raises are fatally flawed and completely unfounded. Unless, of course, you get your data from Focus On The Family or the 700 Club. I wish I could explain why she dislikes her fellow women of the world so much.