Women are winning the gender wars

Larry Kummer, Editor

7 years ago

Summary: In 2015, I said that a war between the genders had begun, and that women were winning. By now it is obvious that they are reaching for dominance in US society – and getting it, with the cooperation of men. The resulting changes have just begun. It will be a revolution like none other, ever.

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“They talk about ‘a woman’s sphere’
As though it has a limit;
There’s not a spot on sea or shore,
In sanctum, office, shop or store,
Without a woman in it.”

— Anonymous, from Jennie Day Haines’ Sovereign Woman Versus Mere Man (1905).

In 2009 I wrote a series about the coming gender role reversal that was putting women on top of men. Others also saw this coming. This insight went mainstream with “The End of Men” by Hanna Rosin in The Atlantic, 8 June 2010.

“Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way – and its vast cultural consequences.”

The more interesting fact is that this was seen first on the street – the wisdom of crowds at work (red emphasis added).

“In the ’90s, when {biologist Ronald Ericsson} looked into the numbers for the two dozen or so clinics that use his process {sex selection}, he discovered, to his surprise, that couples were requesting more girls than boys, a gap that has persisted …In some clinics the ratio is now as high as 2 to 1. …A newer method for sperm selection, called MicroSort, {has} girl requests …at about 75%. …

“‘It’s the women who are driving all the decisions,’ he says – a change the MicroSort spokespeople I met with also mentioned. At first, Ericsson says, women who called his clinics would apologize and shyly explain that they already had two boys. “Now they just call and [say] outright, ‘I want a girl.’ These mothers look at their lives and think their daughters will have a bright future their mother and grandmother didn’t have, brighter than their sons, even, so why wouldn’t you choose a girl?”

Her article is well-stocked with data and logic, which I will not repeat here. Read it. Better yet read her book The End of Men: And the Rise of Women. It’s not just that women are doing better (that’s a good thing), but that the absolute condition of men is deteriorating. People have been pointing that out for a decade, but it’s been shouted down by feminists until the numbers have become too dark to easily ignore (we’re still ignoring them; it’s just more difficult to do so).

The sole domains still dominated by men are paternity and war. Artificial insemination replaces men in the former, supported by women’s growing economic strength and government aid for single mothers.

As for war, other than infantry and a few similar physically demanding specialties, women can do just as well. Men supremacists advocating male-only wars are reduced to saying that women in war just will not work – just as Blacks couldn’t fight, and letting homosexuals into the military (openly) would be The End of the US Armed Forces. Good luck with that. This also requires ignoring the long role of women fighting on the front lines of so many 4GWs during the past century.

From “A Better World, Run by Women“ in the *Wall Street Journal*. Getty Images.

Below her article are links to two in a new genre of women on top articles. First, “The End of Men, for Real: Hooters Is Desperate for Female Customers.” There are not enough men out there, and they have too little disposable income. Lots of other examples out there. “How did I learn women are superior? From a burst water pipe” by James Delingpole in The Spectator. “Why Women Are the Superior Gender“, Clifford N Lazarus in Psychology Today – “In a Battle of the Sexes, Bet on the Women!” “A Better World, Run by Women” in the Wall Street Journal – “Male biology has brought the world war, corruption and scandal. Women are poised to lead us to a better place.” “(Why) the Future is Feminine” by Umair Haque – “Why Women are Changing a Dystopian World of Male Violence, While Men are Busy Being Men”

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There are many books like Rosin’s. From The Natural Superiority of Women by Ashley Montagu (1952) to Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner, MD (2015). His article in the Chronicle of Higher Education opens with “Women are not equal to men; they are superior in many ways, and in most ways that will count in the future.”

Second, “Why Do Female Authors Dominate Young-Adult Fiction?” It is part of the booming women are better literature. “Bourbon tasting: Why women are better bourbon tasters.” “In the Legal Profession, Are Women the Superior Gender?” Spoiler: she says “yes.” Studies show that female doctors are better than male doctors: here and here. “Women Are Superior Wordsmiths From an Early Age.” Women function better under pressure: “Choking Under Pressure and Gender: Evidence from Professional Tennis.” Making a wild generalization, Obama said that “Not to generalise but women seem to have a better capacity {for leadership} than men do, partly because of their socialisation.” “Women Are Better at Crowdfunding Than Men Are.” “Superiority of Female Workers Confirmed: Study Finds Women Really Do Work Longer And Harder Than Men” by Elise Ackerman in Forbes – Findings of this study by the Ponemon Institute. “Why Women Are The Stronger Sex According To Science” in the Huffington Post.

Expect to see more of those articles. Showing that women are better gets attention. For academics, it is the fast track to publication and tenure. Showing that men are better is sexism. Publication in major venues is almost impossible. Ostracism, even career death, is likely should you get published. The wise researcher will tilt the results to match today’s dogma.

Also, note the high degree of self-hatred in those articles above that are written by men.

At Cornell, I was taught third wave feminism by sociology professor Judith Long Laws (author of The Second X: Sex Role and Social Role, 1978). She taught us to gain a better perspective when looking for sexism by reversing the genders in a statement. By that method, cutting edge feminism is sexist at the core. What happened?

This is the fourth wave of feminism

The first three waves of feminism (there are many definitions of each) were about the quest for equality.

The fourth wave is about the quest for superiority and control over men by women. Controlling how men look at women and how they talk. Politicians, bureaucrats, and judges set rules for courtship and seduction. Special programs and scholarships for women. Preferences in hiring and workplace advancement for women (starting in colleges, spreading from there). Law enforcement and social service agencies use the Duluth Model when dealing with domestic violence; in practice this usually treats the man as the guilty party – even if he is the victim. “Believe the women victim” makes a man’s defense difficult – and is advocated by feminists even though the number of false claims shows it to be unjust.

We are already seeing the early effects of the fourth wave. This is nothing compared to the effects on society when the children raised with fourth generation feminism’s beliefs move into society. It will be like a Richter 10 earthquake hitting our society. By then, of course, all those people can do is try to mitigate the damage. This is an experiment seldom, if ever, tried on this scale by a society on itself.

“How the Men at One Office Reassured Their Coworkers That ‘The Future Is Female.’” Photo by Claudia Matos.

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