Simon Elmer ‘There is a new word in Newspeak’, said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.’ George Orwell, Nineteen …
Misogyny means the hatred of women (by men), contempt for them, looking down on them. It doesn’t mean not having sex with them or being homosexual; some misogynists – and they do exist – have no problem having sexual relations with women. Heck, some even marry them. There is a more elastic definition of misogyny […]
The author's June 10 blog post about the downsides of trans rights activism — including the erosion of the legal definition of sex and its replacement with gender — has been met with outrage by trans activists and with joy by those seeking open dialogue.
