Speaking of which, can anyone recommend any short, intelligent, rational writings on feminism for instance? My average exposure to anti-feminist thought is fairly intelligent, while my average exposure to pro-feminist thought is “How can anyone disagree with me?[...]”
There are some intelligent and interesting heterodox feminists who spend a lot of their time criticizing mainstream or radical feminist positions. I could recommend them to you, and you would probably like some of what they have to say, but then you wouldn’t really be challenging your current notions and wouldn’t be getting the strongest defenses of current feminist thought.
I’m not a feminist (or a marxist) but I do remember being impressed by the thoughtfulness and clarity of Friedrich Engels’ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State when I read it back in college.
There are some intelligent and interesting heterodox feminists who spend a lot of their time criticizing mainstream or radical feminist positions. I could recommend them to you, and you would probably like some of what they have to say, but then you wouldn’t really be challenging your current notions and wouldn’t be getting the strongest defenses of current feminist thought.
I’m not a feminist (or a marxist) but I do remember being impressed by the thoughtfulness and clarity of Friedrich Engels’ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State when I read it back in college.
Feminist thought: “Men have power and that’s sexist. Smash the patriarchy!”
Anti-Feminist thought: “Feminism has too many bad eggs”.
Feminist thought: “You can’t say that, you racist sexist bigoted bigot!”