The Male Glance: How We Fail to Take Women's Stories Seriously.

Part of the way it works is by assuming that any interesting aspects of a woman's art are the result of luck rather than capable artistic thought.

Another aspect is the dismissal of some books as "chick lit" because "that is just meant to appeal to women". We could equally well dismiss some writing as "dick lit" because "that is just meant to appeal to men". The former term is, and the latter term would be, nothing but an excuse to reject and dismiss. But why dismiss a book merely because it addresses issues that interest a certain large segment of people?

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to insult people, but in Belgium a mere insult is a crime if it is sexist in nature.

I don't like sexist or racist insults, but that doesn't mean it should be a crime to say them.

The prohibition is not limited to insults, and I can't figure out what the limits are. If you say, "I don't hang out with her because I don't find her attractive", is that criminalized because it "reduces someone to his or her sexual dimension"?

There is a proposal in the UK to make it a crime to say or do anything that makes a woman feel uncomfortable.

It starts by talking about "sexist abuse", but if you keep reading, you'll see that the criterion for what is to be prohibited is purely subjective.

I support the goal of teaching people not to be sexist, but not through totalitarian means, and not by restricting freedom of speech.

Following the lead of the US Republicans, the Tories are step by step denying the vote to disadvantaged people who are likely to vote against them.

After each mass shooting, people ask, "Why didn't we realize in advance that person would be a killer? We noticed some warning signs but didn't follow up."

The reason is that these warning signs don't indicate much. For each person that displays some of these signs and goes on to kill, thousands of others display the same warning signs but don't kill anyone.

Thugs hope that we won't realize this, and that we will agree to advance the surveillance state towards total surveillance.

The ACLU already showed that "fusion centers" are used to investigate dissidents and protesters. They don't protect us, they threaten us. We should cancel them.

Trump Wants to Get Rid of the Heating Support That Kept Me Safe.