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A review by agarocks
Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women by Christina Hoff Sommers
2.0
Half of this book is an interesting evaluation of feminist studies, their methodology and value. (First chapter, the Self-Esteem study chapter, and so on). I wish the entire book was like this — in that case, it would make a very interesting read to all academic-oriented and feminist-oriented readers on knowing how to improve and deliver proper results without bending the reality.
But the other half is just musings of the author with very little value and constant mockery of other feminist scholars. CHS repeats herself multiple times, doesn’t dig in the values and virtues of third wave feminism, and mourns post-modern approaches of questioning of the enlightenment era.
She admits that there is value in rediscovering forgotten female authors and scientists, making history a little more equal and realistic, but quickly leaves this point in favor of pointing out straw-woman arguments on how ‘history should be 50/50’ and ‘to know nature is to rape it’.
Looking into every field and every group you can find weird, cooky individuals, but CHS claims that those groups ‘stole’ feminism, despite considering herself a classically liberal feminist.
Feminism, academic and social, should not be free of criticism, but this book does not present an interesting, valuable way to do it.
But the other half is just musings of the author with very little value and constant mockery of other feminist scholars. CHS repeats herself multiple times, doesn’t dig in the values and virtues of third wave feminism, and mourns post-modern approaches of questioning of the enlightenment era.
She admits that there is value in rediscovering forgotten female authors and scientists, making history a little more equal and realistic, but quickly leaves this point in favor of pointing out straw-woman arguments on how ‘history should be 50/50’ and ‘to know nature is to rape it’.
Looking into every field and every group you can find weird, cooky individuals, but CHS claims that those groups ‘stole’ feminism, despite considering herself a classically liberal feminist.
Feminism, academic and social, should not be free of criticism, but this book does not present an interesting, valuable way to do it.