Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex And Feminism
Published on 1. May 2006
221 pages
978-1-59698-613-8 (ISBN)
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The latest in the "New York Times" bestselling series is the perfect antidote to the lies told in boardrooms, locker rooms, and universities that are brainwashing young women every day.
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Carrie L. Lukas
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex And Feminism
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03/2006
Regnery Publishing Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Chapter One - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS
- The controversy about gender
- Nature or nurture?
- Root causes of the differences between men and women
- Why sex differences matter
- Chapter Two - RETURN TO ROMANCE
- Feminists' hostility to chivalry
- The important role of courtship
- The brave new world of romance
- Women's loss of power
- Rebuilding courtship
- Chapter Three - SEX: LOVE'S GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT
- Popular culture's love affair with sex
- Women's studies textbooks or Cosmopolitan?
- Sexual freedom is not exactly liberating
- A biological aversion to casual sex
- The benefits of serious sex
- Chapter Four - NOT EVERYONE IS DOING IT
- Popular culture's message to kids: just do it!
- Teens and young adults: not as sexually active as you-or they-might think
- Most teens think being a virgin is positive
- Parents have an important role to play
- Conclusion
- Chapter Five - THE RISKS OF SAFE SEX
- Sex education-more than the birds and the bees
- Condoms' great P.R.
- Women's biological vulnerability
- Is safe sex making kids less safe?
- The limitations of condoms
- Chapter Six - MEN AREN'T THE ENEMY
- Danger: men among us
- We're all victims of violence
- Redefining violence against women
- Forget men?
- Violence against women and men
- Domestic violence or wife beating?
- Is marriage to blame?
- The dubious origins of the one-in-four statistic
- Defining rape
- Conclusion
- Chapter Seven - MARRIAGE: HAPPIER EVER AFTER
- Feminists' rocky relationship with marriage
- Popular culture: celebrating weddings, not marriage
- Marriage: happier ever after
- Marriage: a good financial plan
- Marriage leads to better health
- The sexier side of marriage
- Shacking up isn't the same as tying the knot
- More than just husband and wife
- Conclusion
- Chapter Eight - DIVORCE
- Society's changing attitudes toward divorce
- Facilitating divorce
- changing marriage
- Does divorce improve a woman's chance for happiness?
- The kids are all right
- Divorce's kid-lateral damage
- Conclusion
- Chapter Nine - FERTILITY FACTS
- Fertility and aging: off-limits in our politically correct culture
- No taboo about smoking's drawbacks
- Infertility: a "non-issue" for feminists and women's studies
- Facing the facts
- The consequences of not knowing the facts
- What does this mean for women?
- Chapter Ten - ABORTION
- Pro-life is not anti-woman
- Roe v. Wade's real role
- Abortions overseas-Europe is not as liberal as you might think
- Abortion as a health issue
- The health of the mother exception
- An informed choice
- Chapter Eleven - WORK IN THE REAL WORLD
- The feminist working girl fairytale
- What most women do
- Women's greatest source of fulfillment: not their jobs
- Chapter Twelve - THE MYTH OF HAVING IT ALL
- Feminist frustrations about what women really want
- Wage gap wars
- Why do we want women to work like men?
- More women working isn't reason to celebrate
- Chapter Thirteen - DAYCARE DELUSIONS
- The politically correct position: more government funding of institutional daycare
- Government's role in the mommy wars
- What childcare arrangement do women actually want?
- Is it guilt or good mothering?
- The muzzle on daycare critics
- The research on daycare: some negative effects on kids
- Making the decision to work
- Chapter Fourteen - POLITICS: ALL WOMEN DON'T THINK ALIKE
- Women's political power
- What's the gender gap?
- Women's priorities
- Women support candidates they believe in, not other women
- Conclusion
- Chapter Fifteen - DIVORCING UNCLE SAM
- The slanted perspective given to women
- Selling more than fashion and make-up tips
- The feminist philosophy of government
- Taxation
- Social Security
- "Free" healthcare
- Women and work
- Affirmative action
- School choice
- An agenda for women
- NOTES
- Acknowledgements
- INDEX
- Copyright Page
