The Woman Racket: The New Science Explaining How the Sexes Relate at Work, at Play and in Society (Paperback)

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"The Woman Racket will fascinate you as it teaches you how social scientists have gotten it wrong and how feminists have gotten it backwards. The Woman Racket is an extraordinarily thoughtful, erudite, well-researched, politically incorrect and courageous journey into why men are the way they are--and why women are the way they are. If you're a student of men and women, prepare to become a scholar; if you are involved in social services or social policy, prepare to become a pioneer." -- Warren Farrell, PhD,author, The Myth of Male Power and Why Men Are the Way They Are "No one book can be expected to reverse this tsunami of idiocy, but Steve Moxon's The Woman Racket may keep some heads above water. Despite a contentious title, it plays fair and will utterly persuade the objective reader ... Racket is full of surprises ... The book breathes energy, intelligence, and what Bertr and Russell called a robust sense of reality." -- Michael Levin Quarterly Review "The sex war is over, and no-one has won. Mind you, the Woman Racket may lead to a resumption of hostilities." -- Iain Macwhirter Sunday Herald --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Steve Moxon's first book, The Great Immigration Scandal, led to the resignation of the immigration minister, Beverley Hughes. But immigration was never his primary interest: he joined the Home Office in order to study its HR policy, as part of a decade-long investigation of men-women relations. Not withstanding its provocative title, The Woman Racket is a serious scientific investigation into one of the key myths of our age ???????????? that women are oppressed by the 'patriarchal' traditions of Western societies. Drawing on the latest developments in evolutionary psychology, Moxon finds that the opposite is true ???????????? men, or at least the majority of ordinary males ???????????? have always been the victims of deep-rooted prejudice. As the prejudice is biologically derived, it is unconscious and can only be uncovered with the tools of scientific psychology.The book reveals this prejudice in fields as diverse as healthcare, employment, family policy and politics.

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Product Details Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Imprint Academic (March 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1845401506 ISBN-13: 978-1845401504 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #415,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 30 of 33 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Biology as destiny - a devastating response to extreme feminism, February 28, 2008 By  Five Points Higher "Smartie" - See all my reviews This review is from: The Woman Racket: The New Science Explaining How the Sexes Relate at Work, at Playand in Society (Hardcover) This book is by the same Steve Moxon who, in 2004, wrote the book "The Great Immigration Scandal" - a work which exposed serious problems within England's Home Office, and eventually led to the resignation of the Immigration Minister. This new book, covering a subject completely unrelated to the previous works's topic, draws on biology and evolutionary psychology theory, as well as recent findings of scientific research in other areas, to destroy the myth promulgated by radical feminists, of women as "oppressed" and men as their "oppressors". Along the way, the reader is given a "popular science" (yet fairly heavy) account of how the male DH (dominance hierarchy) begins with the male gamete's competition to fertilize the female egg, through the extension of this paradigm of male competition to the behaviour of adult males. Also, the "place" of the female, while lying outside the strict DH, is expained largely by the female's fundamental desire to find and mate with men of perceived high status (which Moxon apparently considers to include ecomomic, political, and social standing, in addition to the male's physical attractiveness). Being a men's rights activist, what I really like about the book is its devastating critique of "radical" or "ideological" feminism (what Moxon calls "extreme" feminism). Destruction of feminist myths is infused throughout the book, as the other major topic besides the aforementioned, and includes, among a wide range of phenomena, topics such as why men are in such poor health compared to women, feminist lies concerning domestic violence and rape, and workplace gender issues. Each of these topics is tied in with the biological, evolutionary, and other aspects of differences between men and women Overall, I find this book to be an excellent companion to Warren Farrell's "The Myth of Male Power", which describes the "what", whereas Moxon purports to give the corresponding "why". In fact these two books, plus Nathanson and Young's "Legalizing Misandry", will give the sophisticated reader a firm grasp of men's and gender issues, the "why" of our current situation regarding gender relations, and the extent to which ideological feminists have caused much harm to society. An excellent read! 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Death by Feminism, June 3, 2009 By  Richard Hoste "www.hbdbooks.com" - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase First, there was asexual reproduction. One day, mother nature brought two proto-gametes together, and they (how?) ended up mixing. This process gave an advantage to the offspring by diluting replication errors (the majority of mutations are harmful). The two gametes wren't exactly the same size and by natural selection eventually became polarized. The larger ones, being less numerous and harder to produce, became the "limiting factor" in reproduction. The proto-sperms, on the other hand, became numerous, competitive with one another for proto-eggs and "cheaper." This far-fetched story of the origins of sex explains gender differences. Little boys, like little sperm in abiogenesis, wrestle and compete in sports. As adults, mating with a female that has unfit genes costs less (or did, before the government or at least culture stepped in) than the equivalent mistake would for a female so they are less picky sexually. Eggs are expensive, sperm is cheap. That's why we're most horrified when women and children, the most genetically valuable, are killed in war. The story gets even more interesting than that. For the species to survive nature still wants those with the best genes to reproduce. Since the male world is where competition is, males have a wider distribution of talents. In numerous traits, the male bell curve has wider tails while females are clustered near the middle. People want the males who are at the bottom, or even the vast majority that aren't alpha, out of the gene pool and we have a subconscious contempt for them. Cultural norms enforce this hierarchy. There's a Saturday Night Live skit where the difference between a man who gets a date and one who gets charged with sexual harassment is looks and charm. The male hierarchy is rigorously enforced by both sexes. This "good of the species (or at least race)" explanation goes further than Dawkins's more simplistic selfish gene model in explaining why for example humans are so ready to submit to hierarchies even against their interests. The results is that while just about any woman can be sure to find male attention somewhere there is no such consolation for low-ranking males. Moxon challenges conventional wisdom that says it is women that are and have been historically disadvantaged. He wonders why men being the only ones allowed to engage in work, which for most of history was much more hellacious than the worst jobs today, is seen as an advantage. And even if being able to work is an advantage, up until the present era it was necessary for one person to stay home to manage the household. This is nature's division of labor and the basis of primate life. In pre-historic times things were even worse for men. In some groups of hunter-gatherers 50% or more would be killed in violent combat while all women who were healthy enough could expect to survive to adulthood. To ask whether men or women are "advantaged" is as meaningless as wondering if infants are advantaged relative to their grandparents. The sexes live in different worlds and each is happier living a life more congruent with its respective nature. Trying to bridge them has been a disaster. In Britain the percentage of women engaged in full-time permanent work is no greater than it was 150 years ago. Moxon provides evidence that this is due to women's choices rather than discrimination. In fact, in 1996 Riach and Rich sent out similar résumés to employers with only the sex of the applicant being different. `Emma' got four times as many job offers as `Phillip.' Women being less inclined to work is predicted from an evolutionary perspective. Since a woman's mate value is based on her youth and beauty rather than status, working for any reason beyond getting the bare essentials for life is pointless. Feminist demand "equality" only when it's convenient for women. They complain about the lack of women CEOs and political leaders but never about the lack of female mechanics or plumbers. Women demand equal pay but after divorce should get 50% of what the man earns. All that aside, the government's intrusion into family life in the name of feminism has been the greatest disaster of all. Moxon focuses on his native England but the same story could be told of any Western country. In 2007, former Labor minister for welfare reform Frank Field calculated that a woman with two children working 16 hours a week for minimum wage receives after tax credit as much as she would if she was living with a man and they worked 116 hours a week between them. With these kinds of incentives for reckless and irresponsible behavior it's not a wonder why the number of out-of-wedlock births in Western societies has multiplied in the last few decades but why most white children still end up in two parent households. Moxon says that human nature can't be changed but he's too optimistic. Harpending and Cochran's Ten Thousand Year Explosion shows us that evolution in civilized societies can happen very quickly. Each generation of Westerners is going to be less intelligent, less responsible and less moral the longer the welfare state and feminism survive. Family courts show the same bias against men that the rest of modern political life does. Women initiate 80-90% of divorces (with the financial incentives no doubt playing a part in the decision) but men are assumed to be the guilty party. The latter are responsible for paying child support but have no guarantee of seeing their own children. All of a sudden, equality goes out the window and men are required to be providers for women who no longer want them. Judges have even ruled that men may be forced to pay for children that aren't even theirs. In the US a man can at least get a prenuptial agreement but in England they aren't even enforceable in court. It bears repeating: after reading The Woman Racket and investigating feminism's influence on the law and culture the reader won't wonder why the modern family has been breaking apart but how it even survives at all. 13 of 15 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent!, March 2, 2008 By  Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" (CHICAGO! USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)       This review is from: The Woman Racket: The New Science Explaining How the Sexes Relate at Work, at Playand in Society (Hardcover) Length:: 9:15 Mins Hi, I'm Bernard Chapin and I've decided to dedicate an episode of Chapin's Inferno--a wandering cauldron of politically incorrect commentary--to this superlative work by Steve Moxon.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!! Its about time someone has begun to put right the imbalance. I'm sick and tired of hearing feminists say just how wonderful women are, and how evil men are! Read more Published 3 months ago by Kevin B. Lawlor 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Steve Moxon could put the whole Star Trek team to shame. He really has gone in places where no man dared go before (and probably won't dare go for some years yet)... 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• Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845401506
• ISBN-13: 978-1845401504
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #415,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biology as destiny - a devastating response to extreme feminism, February 28, 2008

By	Five Points Higher "Smartie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Woman Racket: The New Science Explaining How the Sexes Relate at Work, at Playand in Society (Hardcover)

This book is by the same Steve Moxon who, in 2004, wrote the book "The Great Immigration Scandal" - a work which exposed serious problems within England's Home Office, and eventually led to the resignation of the Immigration Minister.

This new book, covering a subject completely unrelated to the previous works's topic, draws on biology and evolutionary psychology theory, as well as recent findings of scientific research in other areas, to destroy the myth promulgated by radical feminists, of women as "oppressed" and men as their "oppressors". Along the way, the reader is given a "popular science" (yet fairly heavy) account of how the male DH (dominance hierarchy) begins with the male gamete's competition to fertilize the female egg, through the extension of this paradigm of male competition to the behaviour of adult males. Also, the "place" of the female, while lying outside the strict DH, is expained largely by the female's fundamental desire to find and mate with men of perceived high status (which Moxon apparently considers to include ecomomic, political, and social standing, in addition to the male's physical attractiveness).

Being a men's rights activist, what I really like about the book is its devastating critique of "radical" or "ideological" feminism (what Moxon calls "extreme" feminism). Destruction of feminist myths is infused throughout the book, as the other major topic besides the aforementioned, and includes, among a wide range of phenomena, topics such as why men are in such poor health compared to women, feminist lies concerning domestic violence and rape, and workplace gender issues. Each of these topics is tied in with the biological, evolutionary, and other aspects of differences between men and women

Overall, I find this book to be an excellent companion to Warren Farrell's "The Myth of Male Power", which describes the "what", whereas Moxon purports to give the corresponding "why". In fact these two books, plus Nathanson and Young's "Legalizing Misandry", will give the sophisticated reader a firm grasp of men's and gender issues, the "why" of our current situation regarding gender relations, and the extent to which ideological feminists have caused much harm to society.

An excellent read!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death by Feminism, June 3, 2009

By	Richard Hoste "www.hbdbooks.com" - See all my reviews

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First, there was asexual reproduction. One day, mother nature brought two proto-gametes together, and they (how?) ended up mixing. This process gave an advantage to the offspring by diluting replication errors (the majority of mutations are harmful). The two gametes wren't exactly the same size and by natural selection eventually became polarized. The larger ones, being less numerous and harder to produce, became the "limiting factor" in reproduction. The proto-sperms, on the other hand, became numerous, competitive with one another for proto-eggs and "cheaper."

This far-fetched story of the origins of sex explains gender differences. Little boys, like little sperm in abiogenesis, wrestle and compete in sports. As adults, mating with a female that has unfit genes costs less (or did, before the government or at least culture stepped in) than the equivalent mistake would for a female so they are less picky sexually. Eggs are expensive, sperm is cheap. That's why we're most horrified when women and children, the most genetically valuable, are killed in war.

The story gets even more interesting than that. For the species to survive nature still wants those with the best genes to reproduce. Since the male world is where competition is, males have a wider distribution of talents. In numerous traits, the male bell curve has wider tails while females are clustered near the middle. People want the males who are at the bottom, or even the vast majority that aren't alpha, out of the gene pool and we have a subconscious contempt for them. Cultural norms enforce this hierarchy. There's a Saturday Night Live skit where the difference between a man who gets a date and one who gets charged with sexual harassment is looks and charm. The male hierarchy is rigorously enforced by both sexes. This "good of the species (or at least race)" explanation goes further than Dawkins's more simplistic selfish gene model in explaining why for example humans are so ready to submit to hierarchies even against their interests. The results is that while just about any woman can be sure to find male attention somewhere there is no such consolation for low-ranking males.

Moxon challenges conventional wisdom that says it is women that are and have been historically disadvantaged. He wonders why men being the only ones allowed to engage in work, which for most of history was much more hellacious than the worst jobs today, is seen as an advantage. And even if being able to work is an advantage, up until the present era it was necessary for one person to stay home to manage the household. This is nature's division of labor and the basis of primate life. In pre-historic times things were even worse for men. In some groups of hunter-gatherers 50% or more would be killed in violent combat while all women who were healthy enough could expect to survive to adulthood.

To ask whether men or women are "advantaged" is as meaningless as wondering if infants are advantaged relative to their grandparents. The sexes live in different worlds and each is happier living a life more congruent with its respective nature. Trying to bridge them has been a disaster. In Britain the percentage of women engaged in full-time permanent work is no greater than it was 150 years ago. Moxon provides evidence that this is due to women's choices rather than discrimination. In fact, in 1996 Riach and Rich sent out similar résumés to employers with only the sex of the applicant being different. `Emma' got four times as many job offers as `Phillip.' Women being less inclined to work is predicted from an evolutionary perspective. Since a woman's mate value is based on her youth and beauty rather than status, working for any reason beyond getting the bare essentials for life is pointless.

Feminist demand "equality" only when it's convenient for women. They complain about the lack of women CEOs and political leaders but never about the lack of female mechanics or plumbers. Women demand equal pay but after divorce should get 50% of what the man earns. All that aside, the government's intrusion into family life in the name of feminism has been the greatest disaster of all. Moxon focuses on his native England but the same story could be told of any Western country.

In 2007, former Labor minister for welfare reform Frank Field calculated that a woman with two children working 16 hours a week for minimum wage receives after tax credit as much as she would if she was living with a man and they worked 116 hours a week between them. With these kinds of incentives for reckless and irresponsible behavior it's not a wonder why the number of out-of-wedlock births in Western societies has multiplied in the last few decades but why most white children still end up in two parent households. Moxon says that human nature can't be changed but he's too optimistic. Harpending and Cochran's Ten Thousand Year Explosion shows us that evolution in civilized societies can happen very quickly. Each generation of Westerners is going to be less intelligent, less responsible and less moral the longer the welfare state and feminism survive.

Family courts show the same bias against men that the rest of modern political life does. Women initiate 80-90% of divorces (with the financial incentives no doubt playing a part in the decision) but men are assumed to be the guilty party. The latter are responsible for paying child support but have no guarantee of seeing their own children. All of a sudden, equality goes out the window and men are required to be providers for women who no longer want them. Judges have even ruled that men may be forced to pay for children that aren't even theirs. In the US a man can at least get a prenuptial agreement but in England they aren't even enforceable in court. It bears repeating: after reading The Woman Racket and investigating feminism's influence on the law and culture the reader won't wonder why the modern family has been breaking apart but how it even survives at all.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent!, March 2, 2008

By	Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" (CHICAGO! USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Woman Racket: The New Science Explaining How the Sexes Relate at Work, at Playand in Society (Hardcover)

Length:: 9:15 Mins

Hi, I'm Bernard Chapin and I've decided to dedicate an episode of Chapin's Inferno--a wandering cauldron of politically incorrect commentary--to this superlative work by Steve Moxon.