Who Stole Feminism?, Christina Hoff Sommers
Who Stole Feminism?, Christina Hoff Sommers
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Who Stole Feminism?

Author: Christina Hoff Sommers

Narrator: Kristen Underwood

Unabridged: 13 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Synopsis

In her book, subtitled How Women Have Betrayed Women, philosophy professor Christina Sommers has exposed a disturbing development: how a group of zealots, claiming to speak for all women, are promoting a dangerous agenda that threatens cherished ideals and sets women against men in all spheres of life. In case after case, Sommers shows how these extremists have propped up their arguments with highly questionable but wellfunded research, presenting inflammatory and often inaccurate information and stifling any semblance of free and open scrutiny. Trumpeted as orthodoxy, their resulting findings on everything from rape, domestic abuse, and economic bias to the supposed crisis in girls selfesteem perpetuate a view of women as victims of the "patriarchy."

About Christina Hoff Sommers

Christina Hoff Sommers is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. She has a PhD in philosophy from Brandeis University and was formerly a professor of philosophy at Clark University. Sommers has written for numerous publications and is the author of Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women. She is married with two sons and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kara on June 02, 2012

And in other news, local authorities reported today that “feminism” has been stolen. Anyone who has any tips on the whereabouts of feminism or its thieves, please contact the hotline. Seriously, how does one “steal” feminism? I know it’s just a title, and it’s probably the publisher’s idea of a grab......more

Goodreads review by K on June 30, 2012

With impressive thoroughness, Christina Hoff Sommers challenges a lot of feminist rhetoric and deconstructs the research on which many feminist claims are based. Sommers posits that the original "equity feminists" who fought legitimately for women's rights have now been replaced by "gender feminists......more

Goodreads review by Saadia on June 05, 2021

2.5 Stars The book starts with criticism on American feminism which is currently being dominated by a group of women who seek to persuade that American women are not as free as we think they are. Based on research studies and findings on self-esteem, gender bias in the classrooms and hallways America......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on November 06, 2014

While many feminists tell men they need to call out sexist behavior in other men, very few feminists are willing to call out sexist behavior within their own movement. Hell, many of them don't believe they're even capable of being sexist. Christina Hoff Sommers is one of the few to do it and she's h......more

Goodreads review by Ben on March 27, 2016

It is perilous even to speak of feminism today if one does not agree with its radical adherents, now populating the opinion pages of The Guardian or Australia's Daily Life with essays claiming that women are universally victims of a male conspiracy known as patriarchy. This is especially so if you a......more

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