Category Archives: Betty Friedan

Discontentment is both the input and the output of feminism.

Larry Kummer writes in Feminism has given us successful girls and broken girls: Summary: I have two grown boys. The most frequent comment I get from parents who have daughters: you are so lucky; teenage girls are so difficult. The … Continue reading

Posted in Betty Friedan, Envy, Fabius Maximus, Feminists, Larry Kummer, Linkage | 127 Comments

Sure his theology is bad, but he has great taste in TV!

In my recent post An invitation to Pastor Wilson’s defenders I challenged Wilson’s defenders to do any of the following: Point out any instances where I criticized Wilson without providing a direct quote. Point out any time that I have misquoted … Continue reading

Posted in Betty Friedan, Lori Alexander, Marriage, Pastor Doug Wilson, Rebellion, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up | 96 Comments

Whose job is it to keep mama happy?

We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: ‘I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.’ –Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique Women are especially prone to falling into discontentment and disrupting the lives … Continue reading

Posted in Adam Piggott, Attacking headship, Betty Friedan, Can't keep a man, Dave and Ann Wilson, Dr. David Clarke, FamilyLife, Feral Females, Focus on the Family, Game, Marriage, Non burning bush, Philosophy of Feminism, Rationalization Hamster, Rebellion, Reforming Marriage, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists | 238 Comments

Feminist self loathing

Feminists have long struggled to define their driving sense of discontentment.  Understanding this sense of discontentment is critical to understanding feminism itself.  If you don’t know what feminists are devoting their lives in reaction against, you won’t understand what feminism … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion, Aging Feminists, Amanda Marcotte, Attacking headship, Beautiful truth, Betty Friedan, Envy, Germaine Greer, Motherhood, Mutha Magazine, Philosophy of Feminism, Rebellion, Robert Stacy McCain, Sheila Gregoire, Suzanne Cope, The Guardian, Ugly Feminists | 261 Comments