Why white women are right (NPR)

Journalist Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism and The Genius Myth

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Understanding 'masculinism,' a movement to restore the primacy of men

(Fresh Air) June 24, 2026: Terry Gross interviews Helen Lewis. Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men [making them less masculine], and men should be in control while women stay at home [barefoot and pregnant or] raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream. More

Online movement to silence women

(Amanpour & Co.) An online movement to silence women is on the rise

The men who want women to be quiet

The Genius Myth

(The Atlantic) [Jordan Peterson mansplains. Patriarch, theologian, and right-wing Christian Pastor] Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life:

He wants to repeal the 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote.

Difficult Women

In his ideal system, “we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure,” he told me recently. “And that is, we vote by household.”

Wilson is a co-founder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, based in Moscow, Idaho. Over the past five decades, he has built a small empire there, dedicated to disseminating his theocratic vision for the United States: a publishing house, a school, a liberal-arts college, and a video-streaming service.

Blame it all on women???

(The Dispatch) Blame it on all women | Interview: Helen Lewis

What TRT can do for you. Inject it now.

His denomination, which has about 170 affiliated churches, counts [macho drunkard] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a member, and Wilson was invited to lead a prayer service at the Pentagon in February. So when the pastor casually suggests disenfranchising half of America, people listen.

Fantasy: go gay or kill? Guards watch (Craiyon)

  

Get in the cage, okay? 😀

When I asked him about this position, Wilson said it wasn’t his top priority—“We have bigger fish to [kill and] fry”—but something he sees happening in perhaps 200 years’ time.

I found this intellectual footsie maddening. “If I said to you, ‘I think all white men should be put in cages—but not now; it’s not my aspiration for now,’” I suggested, “then you wouldn’t be interested in a single other thing that I had to say at that point.”

Wilson chuckled. “Oh, I know you’d probably have all my attention.”

Bibi meets Petey to talk about more genocide.

This is twinkly, avuncular Douglas Wilson, the guy who joined a hippie congregation fresh out of the U.S. Navy because he liked to play guitar and ended up leading church services once the regular pastor moved on. This is the same guy who once went on a multicity debating tour with the New Atheist Christopher Hitchens, and bonded with him over their shared love of... More

Helen Lewis on Taylor Swift, feminism, Jordan Peterson, faith, culture wars

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Jordan Peterson attacks - Musk "has fallen for his own genius myth, and it hasn't made him happy"

Professor: 5 books on Feminist Theory - Helen Lewis' book recommendations (Ezra Klein)

WQ gets it; we're not wrong

AUTHOR: Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights and The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. She is host of the BBC’s long-form interview series, The Spark. At The Atlantic, she writes about the intersection of politics, society, and digital culture.

• Helen Lewis (BBC), Terry Gross (NPR), June 24, 2026; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The New Age of Sexism: porn AI robots

'The New Age of Sexism' explores how misogyny is replicated in AI and emerging tech

Emerging technologies are reinventing misogyny

Author Laura Bates has 4.5 out of 5 stars with 58 ratings. Misogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it? We like to believe we're moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, [whiter] fairer future.

But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just failing to solve age-old inequalities―they're deepening them.

In The New Age of Sexism, acclaimed author and activist Laura Bates exposes how misogyny [hatred of females, the counterpart to misanthropy] is being coded into the very fabric of our future.

From the biases embedded in artificial intelligence to the alarming rise of sex robots and the toxic dynamics of the metaverse, Bates takes readers on a shocking journey into a world where technology is weaponized against women.

Author and activist Laura Bates

This isn't a dystopian warning about what might happen. It's a harrowing account of what's happening now and the dangers we face if we don't act.

With clarity and urgency, Bates reveals how these advancements are dragging society backward, reinforcing harmful stereotypes, and jeopardizing decades of progress in the fight for gender equality.

Eye-opening and empowering, The New Age of Sexism is a rallying cry for awareness and action in a world where the battle for equality has entered a dangerous new frontier. More

Israel's Bibi Netanyahu penis surgery

Ashkenazi troops for Bibi: Support our warlord

Sympathy for the Devil, they say, is not a good thing. But, c'mon, it's Prime Minister Netanyahu's penile prostate tumor, and his junk is being operated on. Ouch. Even the Devil has got to be hating it. A UTI (urinary tract infection) seems to be coursing through the dictator's [Balzac] and the defiant man is in great pain right where it counts, right when it counts. The disease state and surgery have, however, helped him avoid prosecution for corruption by making him unavailable to provide deceptive testimony and/or evidence.

ED, incontinence? Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP)

Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo prostate removal surgery after UTI

(New York Post) Dec. 29, 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday — just a week after being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. Netanyahu, 75, was going under the knife at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, with the operation taking place as the PM manages multiple wars with Palestine, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran’s terror proxies. He is also facing his own corruption trial. Netanyahu’s surgery was expected to take two hours as doctors tackle “a benign enlargement [aka tumor] of his prostate,” the prime minister’s office said in a very carefully crafted statement. Read more at nypost.com/2024/12/29/world-n...

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Israeli PM Netanyahu News LIVE | Netanyahu to undergo prostate surgery | view of hospital Hadassah

Prostate makes semen.

(CNN-News18) Streamed Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 2024. Benny Netanyahu, the entrenched and CIA-backed prime minister of Israel, will have his prostate -- which is accessed through the anus -- removed during surgery on Sunday while under complete anesthesia, which is a life-threatening condition.

Will he still be a "man" without it? Probably, but he's sure to be more sympathetic to trans and LGBTQIA+ individuals than he already is, forcibly inducting and welcoming them into his war machine. Netanyahu's office reported that during the prime minister's examination at the Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, an infection in the urinary tract caused by a benign enlargement of the prostate was found.

• The Netanyahus are not horndogs: Israel's Netanyahu says strip club recording of his son is media 'shaming' plot (Parallels/NPR) The Chicagoan/Israeli is proud of his hard up boy and defending him

Doctors decided to proceed with the operation even though "he's received antibiotic treatment that eradicated the infection since then, for a few days." With so many people sending him animosity, hatred, and evil wishes around the world, it is not clear if he can avoid serious post-surgical complications.

Enlarged Prostate Gland or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

But his Shin Bet, Mossad, IDF, CIA apparatus, and PR firm are sure to keep any of that from the public, presenting him as a competent leader in times of endless war, genocide, and Middle East conquest. Will his wife leave him like Assad's wife did after he was deposed and depressed, penniless and stuck in Moscow, Russia? There is much more money in staying, so the public face of their marriage should be fine.

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• Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells, Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

Study: threefold rise in US bisexuality

PsyPost, 3/4/24; CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Study shows threefold rise in bisexual behavior among Americans

A study published in The Journal of Sex Research

 uncovered a significant rise in the number of Americans identifying as bisexual or reporting bisexual behaviors, especially in recent years.

I'm not lesbian. I'm but call myself abrosexual.

The findings shed light on the evolving landscape of sexual orientation in the United States.

While acceptance of same-sex sex sexuality and marriage has notably increased, bisexuality has remained somewhat in the shadows, with less clarity around its trends and behaviors.

This gap prompted researchers to delve into nationally representative samples to map out the landscape of bisexuality.

For their study, the researchers utilized the wealth of data provided by the General Social Survey (GSS). The GSS, a cornerstone of social science research, has been gathering data on the attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics of the American public since 1972.

The research team analyzed responses from a substantial sample of 32,238 respondents who completed the GSS between 1989 and 2018, along with an additional 2,313 respondents from the 2021 wave.

The End of Gender will mean the end of gay?

This approach allowed them to maintain a focus on a nationally representative sample, ensuring that their findings could speak to broader societal trends.

The study employed four measures based on sexual behavior and one measure based on identity.

Starting in 1989, the GSS included questions about the number of male and female partners respondents had since turning 18, which the researchers used to categorize respondents into groups based on the sex of their sexual partners.

Additionally, from 2008 onwards, the GSS began asking respondents to identify their sexual orientation, offering options like “gay, lesbian, or homosexual,” “bisexual,” and “heterosexual or straight.”

These indicators allowed the researchers to track changes in how people report their sexual orientation and behaviors over time.

The researchers found that the proportion of respondents reporting partners of both sexes since age 18 experienced a notable increase over time.

Specifically, the study documents a threefold rise in such reports, moving from 3.1% in the 1989–1994 waves to 9.3% in the 2012–2018 waves.

• [So as has been reported for years, about 10% of the population will behave in a "gay" way, with "gay" being defined as purposely (as opposed to forcibly) engaging in any kind of erotic behavior or "experimentation" with a member of the same biological sex, whatever the rationalization for doing so. This would include all bisexual behavior but exclude rape or non-consensual assault.]

Bis are sick. I'm trans, so I go only date men.

This trend was further corroborated by the increase in respondents identifying as bisexual, which more than doubled from the 2008–2010 waves to the 2012–2018 waves.

Interestingly, the proportion of individuals identifying as bisexual surpassed those identifying as gay or lesbian in the more recent cohorts, underscoring the growing visibility and acknowledgment of bisexuality as a legitimate sexual orientation.

I don't like "butch" and "dyke." Call me abro.

The research also highlighted the complexity of bisexual identity and behavior. For instance, while there was an increase in the number of individuals identifying as bisexual, this did not always align with the patterns of sexual behavior reported.

Some individuals who had sexual partners of both sexes did not necessarily identify as bisexual [though we would objectively categorize them as such regardless of their subjective claims], which points to the nuanced ways in which sexual orientation is experienced and understood.

“There are several likely explanations for this,” the researchers wrote. “First, sexual behavior can be exploratory, taking place before a person has clarified their own sexual orientation identity, a process that continues throughout young adulthood. Our measure likely captures gay and lesbian persons who had partners of a different sex before they came out or clarified their sexual orientations, which can occur later in life.”

“Second, sexual orientation can be fluid [like when you're just act out gay impulses on weekends or when drinking or intoxicated?], with some people changing their sexual behavior and/or their sexual orientation identities over time. In both of these cases, using the sex of sexual partners since age 18 measure means that we may be capturing sexual experiences that have taken place many years ago, especially for older respondents.

“Finally, even persons who have more recently had partners of both sexes may not consider themselves bisexual [because of the embarrassment that would cause to be lumped into the LGBTQIA+ cohort, where Q does not mean "queer" but "questioning" or even "quasi" by society], and the term may not fit their understandings of themselves and their sexual behavior [or at least not that they would want to admit it].”

The study also shed light on demographic variations in the reporting of sexual orientation and behavior.

Younger individuals and women were more likely than their older and male counterparts to report partners of both sexes and to identify as bisexual.

What? We don't have to identify. We can pass.

This finding is indicative of the generational shift in attitudes towards sexuality, where younger cohorts exhibit greater openness and fluidity in their sexual orientation and behaviors.

There were no significant differences in the reporting of bisexuality among different racial and ethnic groups, suggesting that the increase in bisexuality may be a widespread phenomenon across diverse communities in the United States.

“The proportion of persons identifying as bisexual and the proportion of persons who report engaging in sex with partners of both sexes in the U.S. have increased markedly since 1989,” the researchers concluded.

Ryan Seacrest doesn't like labels.

“Future research on sexual orientation can better recognize that the terms with which we identify ourselves are social and that there is some degree of choice about how to identify our sexual orientation, particularly among individuals with histories of both male and female partners.

• [Yeah, why call yourself "gay," which has a clear stigma when you can just get away with saying "fluid," "heteroflexible," "questioning," "unsure," "I just like people for people and don't see sex," or any other hedge, rationalization, excuse, or alternative to accurate reporting?]

“Additionally, the recognition that sexual behavior is normative should be more thoroughly considered in research on sexual orientation and sexual behavior.”

The study, “The Rise of Bisexuality: U.S. Representative Data Show an Increase Over Time in Bisexual Identity and Persons Reporting Sex with Both Women and Men,” was authored by Martin A. Monto and Sophia Neuweiler.

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Do gay-separatists advocate for "Barbie" film?

(Movie Reviews Man) Does Barbie movie have a gay agenda? | Or is it more political pandering from "woke" Hollywood. Is it promoting and advocating, or entertaining and amusing?

Barbie movie is feminist propaganda (review)

(Mediaholic) July 23, 2023. Hollywood is doubling down on its bait-and-switch tactics: Barbie is the latest film to deceive audiences into going to see Dreamland but getting an insidious man-hating message.

Since when is empowering females about trashing males? - Piers Morgan on Barbie

(Sky News Australia) July 24, 2023. Sky News Australia Host Piers Morgan reacts to Barbie’s "anti-patriarchy" message demonstrated throughout the new movie. “I thought feminism was about equality,” he says. "Why does empowering women have to be about trashing men?"

Barbie movie misrepresents both genders, says RMIT researcher

(Sky News Australia) Misandry is the hatred of men, and it's as real as misogyny. RMIT University Research Fellow Dr. Nataliya Ilyushina, Ph.D., says the Barbie film presents both genders (male and females) as disadvantaged, with the males portrayed as "useless and unintelligent or villains" and female characters limited to "ambitious, career-oriented" roles.

It discriminates on sex, gender, and demographics. It is certainly not the ideal of parity, equality, and a complementary balance of the genders, however many genders there may be, mixing masculine and feminine traits, asexual, intersexual, and transsexual strengths.

Down with the patriarchy! Up with???

Brainwash Barbie

(Becket Cook) The Becket Cook Show (Ep. 132), July 23, 2023. In today’s episode, Cook reviews Gerwig's Barbie movie and addresses its extreme overtones. This movie was hard to watch not only because the plot didn’t make any sense but because of the non-stop propaganda. This is a must (not) see movie! 

WQ Commentary

Positive feminism is about equality.

We want to bring down the patriarchy, that's true. That's our dream, and we think Greta Gerwig and Noah the partner-helper who co-wrote want the same thing. Is a matriarchy the goal?

We've had that in ancient history, and one can hardly imagine that goes any better than having men in all the positions of power.

Who is that woman calling a "skank"?

Men and women are not so different by nature that we get a significantly better outcome. It just seems that way when one sex holds sway.

Men are violent. Women are _______? We're not allowed to say. Men are victims and victimizers because they hold power. When women hold disproportionately more power than men, will women be victims and victimizers? Of course, why wouldn't they be?

Don't listen to those skanks. I'm like you, Barb!

Does someone imagine an inherent sexual difference so great that it trumps gender the social construct? Women are just naturally angelic and kind, nonviolent and understanding? Or is it the case that society forces them to be, and they would not be were they not ground down by the oppressive system we live under.

For example, if only women were allowed to carry guns, would more men get shot? Better believe it. Would more women get shot???

(Of course. What, women are so good to women that women are in no danger of gun nuts wielding power on their waistbands?)

Plenty of males and allies say NO to war, too

So an oppressive matriarchy is not the answer. But some say that's what the Barbie movie is promoting. We want sexual equality, egalitarianism, fairness, balance, opportunity, compassion, a place, a purpose, a function. Capitalism does not provide that but fairer systems can.

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The real meaning of yin and yang (video)

ReligionForBreakfast, Feb. 10, 2023; Pat Macpherson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The real meaning of yin and yang

(ReligionForBreakfast) Let's explore the concept of yin and yang, the ancient Chinese philosophy that highlights the balance of opposing [complementary] forces in the universe.

Delve into the meaning of yin and yang, how they are represented in the famous Taijitu symbol, and their impact on health, relationships, and the natural world.

From the yin yang balance of light and dark, to hot and cold, and masculine and feminine, this is a comprehensive look at one of the most fundamental beliefs in Chinese philosophy -- that made it into Buddhism from Taoism.

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What is female genital mutilation?

Global Citizen; Julia Lalla-Maharajh (TEDx); Editors, Wisdom Quarterly Wikipedia edit

 

This can't be real for 200 million females!

Female genital mutilation or FGM/c is also called "female circumcision" and "female genital cutting."

It is the ritual of cutting (actually mutilating) or removing (excising) all or part of the external female genitalia including the most sensitive -- and arguably the most precious -- part of the female body responsible for most orgasms: the clitoris.

This barbaric practice is found in the USA, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and within communities from countries in which FGM/c is common. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women living today in 30 countries -- 27 African countries, Indonesia, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Yemen -- have undergone the procedures.

Typically carried out by a traditional circumciser using a blade, FGM/c is conducted from days after birth to puberty and beyond.

How to end FGM/c in our lifetime


(TEDx Talks) How to end female genital cutting in our lifetime by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, TEDx London Business School, May 31, 2016. By sharing her passionate fight to end this taboo, Julia lifts the lid on how social change happens and explores how radical shifts can lead to extraordinary results. Through her time spent volunteering in Ethiopia, Julia Lalla-Maharajh had a first-hand glimpse into the devastating practice of female genital cutting. Deeply affected, Julia founded the Orchid Project, where she worked on the ground in Senegal and The Gambia and witnessed an incredible grassroots movement of communities choosing not to cut their daughters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

In half the countries for which national figures are available, most girls are cut before the age of 5. Procedures differ according to the country or ethnic group.

They include removal of the clitoral hood and clitoral glans, removal of the inner labia, and removal of the inner and outer labia, and closure of the vulva.

In this last procedure, known as "infibulation," a small hole is left for the passage of urine and menstrual fluid. Later, the vagina is further mutilated by being cut open for intercourse and opened further for childbirth.

 

The practice is rooted in gender inequality, attempts to control women's sexuality, and ideas about purity, modesty, and beauty. 

It is usually initiated and carried out by women, who see it as a source of honor and fear that failing to have their daughters and granddaughters cut will expose the girls to social exclusion. More