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Not Oprah’s Book Club: The Flipside of Feminism

“To the modern woman, work is the meat of her life. A husband is the salad.”

The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know – and Men Can’t Say is more ridiculous than the provocative teasers suggested. Which is saying something. The latest anti-feminist rant from Phyllis Schlafly and her niece Suzanne Venker is so weighed down by lies, delusions, and mind-boggling contradictions, it’s difficult to even find the argument. And, once found, it’s so divorced from reality, you have to question if it’s worth engaging at all. And yet, here is my 1,500 word review.

In the introduction, Venker describes her conservative upbringing by writing, “It was like watching Fox News instead of CBS: when ...

“To the modern woman, work is the meat of her life. A husband is the salad.”

The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know – and Men Can’t Say is more ridiculous than the ...