Feminism

A brief history of nagging

I recently mentioned to a friend that feminist verbiage amounts to little more than organized female nagging — the endless attempt to shame & guilt men into serving women. Is it any wonder that feminist street placards emphasise “having a voice,” “women speaking up,” “not being silenced,” and “speaking out”?  These phrases are nothing more …

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What is Gender Equality? It’s not about treating men and women the same

At 16:53 on 12 January 2010, a severe (magnitude 7.0) earthquake struck Haiti. The centre was just 25 km from the capital, Port-au-Prince. Three million people – a third of the country’s population – were affected. The area around Port-au-Prince was devastated. Roads were blocked, communications and electric power were down so that little food …

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