What is Secular Feminism?

What is Secular Feminism?
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012

Excerpts from the book by Suzanne Venker and Phyllis Schlafly, “The Flipside of Feminism” in Books in Review in “New Oxford Review” Nov. 2012 by Anne Barbeau Gardiner

“The call feminism the “single worst thing that has happened to American women,” and support the charge with an array of contemporary research….Common sense tells us that love should precede sexual intercourse and that happiness for most women consists of being married and raising a family. But since feminism came to prominence, young women have been told to be promiscuous, to plan their lives around careers, and to use abortion freely. The results are in: sexual diseases and mental illnesses are epidemic, cohabitation is taking the place of marriage, and great numbers of women mourn their empty wombs. Yet feminists won’t admit failure. They keep insisting that the revolution isn’t finished….

“Venker and Schlafly reveal feminism to be “the most significant social movement of our time.” Although the majority of American women don’t want to be called “feminists,” elite feminists are entrenched in our universities , media, and government. The Schriver Report (2009) says we are living in a “women’s world” in traditional family is passe…. Marching in lockstep to the beat of the feminist party line; among them are Maria Shriver, Katie Couric, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Ariana Huffington.

“Oh, but feminists are clever with words. They speak of women’s rights when they mean privileges, and reproductive health when they mean tax-funded abortions. They give the name women’s studies to centers of feminist indoctrination where students are transformed into Laputans..

“Feminist guest speakers like Jessica Valenti and Naomi World come to reinforce the party line, telling college girls that they can “feel free to sleep around” and “embrace their inner ‘slut.’”… Despite buzz-words like self-worth, validation, and empowerment, feminist advocate the kind of behavior that leads to sexual diseases, abortions, and depression. Schlafly and Venker call it a downright lie that women are “equipped to handle random sex,” citing studies showing that ninety-one percent of young women feel “used” after a hook-up.

“The authors explain that when feminists say a woman “should never depend on a man,” they mean that a woman should depend instead on Uncle Sam. In Hillary Clinton’s maxim, “it takes a village to raise a child,” the word village is code for government. [Voting for the Demo. Party.]

“Obama-care includes a marriage penalty of $2,000 - the added cost of insurance if a cohabiting couple marries. Schlafly and Venker shows feminists manipulate facts to advocate “absentee parenting.” So far majority of Americans rightly believe that one parent should stay home in their children’s early years… Feminists also create myths to support their agenda, for example that women are “victims of employment discrimination,” though equal pay for equal work has been the law since 1963.…

“Venker and Schlafly observe that the Violence Against Women Act, passed in 1994, has been “streaming, with-out accountability, nearly a billion dollars a year into the hands of feminists who use it to preach their anti-marriage and anti-male ideology, promote divorce, bias the family court system against men, lobby for feminist state laws, and engage in political advocacy.” It also finances the feminist indoctrination of law-enforcement personnel…

“There has been a catastrophic rise in teenage STDs; once rare, there are now nine million new cases each year. Elementary schools have sex-education classes that don’t allow the teachers to mention morality or self-control… they might deviate from the feminist doctrine of “a world without taboos.”

George H. Kubeck, The anti-dote to the above is Dennis Prager’s book, “Still the Best Hope,” or Prager University on the Internet, and 870 KLAC talk radio, 9 A.M. to Noon. - M-F