I recently ran across an article on the Psychology Today blog that was titled “Why modern feminism is illogical, unnecessary, and evil” (and subtitled “Feminism is the radical notion that women are men”), written by Satoshi Kanazawa and datelined August 2, 2009.
Interestingly enough (given the inroads political correctness has made in recent decades into scientific research), he’s right on the mark. Let’s look at his key observations.
First, he finds that modern feminism is illogical because it is based on the provably false assumption that men and women are more or less identical, with any differences being the result of gender socialization rather than being innate.
“…
men and women want different things from life and therefore it’s not a simple matter to compare their relative welfare
…”
Second, he finds that modern feminism is unnecessary because it is also premised on the underlying assumption that women are worse off than men. He rebuts this faulty assumption by pointing out that men and women want different things from life and therefore it’s not a simple matter to compare their relative welfare. But in the “two biologically meaningful measures of welfare — longevity and reproductive success — women are and have always been slightly better off than men.
Third, he debunks the myth that women are the weaker sex. It’s well-known in science that boys are much more fragile, both physically and psychologically, than girls, and that men succumb to a larger number of diseases in much greater numbers than women do throughout their lives.
Fourth, he takes on another underlying (false) assumption on which modern feminism is based, this being that men have more power than women. As he states the case:
“It is true that, in all human societies, men largely control all the money, politics, and prestige. They do, because they have to, in order to impress women. Women don’t control these resources, because they don’t have to. What do women control? Men.”
And fifth, he concludes that modern feminism is evil because it ultimately makes women (and men) unhappy.
Kudos to the gentleman for his perceptiveness and courage. I’d recommend that you check out the Psychology Today website and read Mr. Kanazawa’s article in its entirety.
Stay tuned,
-Mack Doppler
