Camille Paglia on the Battle of the Sexes
Women have become angry and defensive as a result of being raised to view men as the enemy.
Women have become angry and defensive as a result of being raised to view men as the enemy.
The problem isn’t simply one of political imbalance, an absence of parity between Left and Right voices, but the extent to which humanities departments have become politicized.
Notwithstanding the ever-expanding reach of Darwinism away from sexuality, the exploration of the evolutionary roots of human sexual behavior is not yet complete.
“Let’s not have any political correctness here. If characters can’t think and talk like people—if writers can’t—then what’s the point of literature?”
While satire is often controversial, it has become increasingly common for it to be accused of bigotry where none exists.
Despite strong genetic influences on IQ (and there are strong genetic influences on IQ), we can’t calculate the proportion of credit for Einstein’s intellect that is owed solely to his genes.
If Hirsi Ali’s critics are tempted to cite statistics minimizing the threat, they will have to explain at what point – after how many more deaths – they will consider it necessary to take action.
What happens in a culture where equality rules?
If we teach men and boys that simple chivalry is a form of sexism that must be opposed, how do we convince them to commit to the braver, more difficult chivalrous demands?
The truth, surprising as it may seem today, is this: The Bell Curve is not pseudoscience.
What it does do – and why it deserves to be widely read – is raise a mass of awkward questions about religion, race, sex, and identity.
Issues such as unfair tax structures, government welfare towards banks and corporations, a lack of protection for the common citizen, and gaps in the social safety net are all social justice issues.
How about the Inquisition? Not a real reflection of Spanish Catholicism in the early modern period, right?
The point is rather that, potentially, even quite marked sex differences in the brain may have little consequence for behaviour.