This book provides a magnificent dissection of gender ideology in Chapters 1 through 5. It is systematic, logical, and almost too thorough. In some ways it is comparable to the works of Stock and of Byrne, though perhaps more tenacious.
However two flaws will limit its circulation.. The first is in the introduction, where the author makes clear his libertarian point of view. This is a totally unnecessary distraction. The even bigger flaw is Chapter 6, which is in part a polemic against the sexual revolution. Again, as the author himself notes (p. 163), this is going to pigeonhole the author and hence the book into a category that limits its appeal. Furthermore, while Chapter 6 is an attempt to characterize the background of the ideas described in the main text, it misses the mark, saying very little about postmodernism and critical theory.
This book provides a magnificent dissection of gender ideology in Chapters 1 through 5. It is systematic, logical, and almost too thorough. In some ways it is comparable to the works of Stock and of Byrne, though perhaps more tenacious.
However two flaws will limit its circulation.. The first is in the introduction, where the author makes clear his libertarian point of view. This is a totally unnecessary distraction. The even bigger flaw is Chapter 6, which is in part a polemic against the sexual revolution. Again, as the author himself notes (p. 163), this is going to pigeonhole the author and hence the book into a category that limits its appeal. Furthermore, while Chapter 6 is an attempt to characterize the background of the ideas described in the main text, it misses the mark, saying very little about postmodernism and critical theory.