Women in Combat: So Equal It Hurts
The presupposition of much of our public discourse is that radical and absolute equality between the sexes is not only possible but, […]
Barbara Pym’s “Excellent Women” and Recollecting the Differences between Men and Women
“But perhaps Rockingham with his love of Victoriana also enjoyed cooking, for I had observed that men did not usually do things […]
Don’t Date to Make Friends and Other Thoughts on the Tragedy of Postmodern Dating
If you publicly advocate for marrying people you meet in college and spend most of your time singing the praises of motherhood, […]
Phyllis Schlafly Obliterated the Myth of “Fair Play” Four Decades Ago
The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. For going on five decades, the message to women has […]
Thomas Sowell Speaks the Truth: There are no solutions, only trade-offs
Thomas Sowell is an economist who writes with refreshing depth and breadth of thought. Far from the dull and dry economists who […]
Caroline Criado Perez’s “Invisible Women” Assumes We Overvalue Hyperfocus. We don’t.
If you want to get your daily funnies in for some good laughs, consider renting a copy of Caroline Criado Perez’s “Invisible […]
Gilbreth and Cary’s “Cheaper By the Dozen” Which Has Nothing to Do with the Movie
What is it that makes large families so fascinating? A hundred years after the Gilbreth family welcomed their 12 children to the […]
A prison of our own making: the toxic femininity hiding in plain sight
Feminism means nothing other than human equality we are told. Women should be “supporting” other women and “fighting” for equal rights. Ah, […]
Practically Speaking: St. Edith Stein on the Emotional Power of Objective Work
Edith Stein, also known by her religious name Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, offered penetrating observations about women—with their capacity for […]
Shirley Jackson’s feminine intellect was not unique
The writing of American gothic extraordinaire Shirley Jackson has received renewed interest in recent years as critics have come to appreciate her […]