Clasped hands from a figure of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Egyptian Museum, Berlin
Clasped hands from a figure of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Egyptian Museum, Berlin
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Czech version here
The Forgotten Men
The attempt to realize a sexual utopia for women was doomed to failure before it began. Women’s wishes aim at the impossible, conflict with one another, and change unpredictably. (more…)
Peter Paul Reubens, “The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus,” 1618
Peter Paul Reubens, “The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus,” 1618
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Czech translation here
Return of the Primitive
Public discussion of the sexual revolution has tended to focus on date rape and “hook-ups,” that is, on what is taking place, rather than on the formation of stable families that is not taking place. (more…)
3,774 words
Part 2 of 4
Czech version here
Fallout of the Revolution: “Date Rape”
A few years into the sexual revolution, shocking reports began to appear of vast numbers of young women—from one quarter to half—being victims of rape. Shock turned to bewilderment when the victims were brought forward to tell their stories. (more…)
Eugène Delacroix, “Liberty Leading the People,” detail, 1830
Eugène Delacroix, “Liberty Leading the People,” detail, 1830
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Czech translation here
Part 1 of 4
It is well known to readers of this journal that white birthrates worldwide have suffered a catastrophic decline in recent decades. During this same period, ours has become assuredly the most sex-obsessed society in the history of the world. Two such massive, concurrent trends are hardly likely to be unrelated. (more…)
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Part 2 of 2
Stephen Baskerville
Taken into Custody: The War Against Fatherhood, Marriage, and the Family
Nashville: Cumberland House Publishing, 2007 (more…)
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Michelle Langley
Women’s Infidelity: Living In Limbo
St. Louis: McCarlan Publishing, 2005
Michelle Langley’s Women’s Infidelity is probably the first book ever reviewed in The Occidental Quarterly advertised as “shipped in a plain envelope without any mention of the contents on the package.” But even if you are not an adulterous wife yourself, there are good reasons for paying attention to Langley’s documentation of social dissolution. (more…)
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E. Christian Kopff
The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition
Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 1999
E. Christian Kopff, classicist at the University of Colorado and occasional contributor to The Occidental Quarterly, has the knack of writing about difficult issues with an easy grace. The book under review is first of all a defense for our time of the value of classical learning. (more…)
Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1849–1921, "Virgin Enthroned," 1891
Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1849–1921, "Virgin Enthroned," 1891
3,071 words
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10. Deliberate Erosion of Male Role by Feminism
To these intrinsic male disadvantages in the modern workplace must be added those directly created by feminism. (more…)
Arnold Böcklin, "Vita Somnium Breve," 1888
Arnold Böcklin, "Vita Somnium Breve," 1888
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7. Consequences of “Unlimited Choice”
Most leftist utopias involve enjoying all the benefits of tightly knit communities while paying none of the costs in individual freedom such communities demand. Thus, feminists propose to liberate women from “domestic drudgery” and replace it with unrestricted personal choice. Yet the drudgery of marriage and its duties are, quite obviously, the indispensable basis of the family, the model and source for all real community. (more…)
Queen Victoria spinning wool
Queen Victoria spinning wool
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5. No Property Rights within the Traditional Family
Male provisioning may have arisen as an adaptation by early hominids to the more adverse climatic conditions they encountered upon migrating out of Africa. To this day, female food production remains the rule in much of Black Africa. (more…)
Jan Van Eyck, "The Arnolfini Marriage," 1434
Jan Van Eyck, "The Arnolfini Marriage," 1434
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3. Modern Neglect of the Economic Side of Marriage
Having examined briefly — in the first section — the two principal ways in which feminism has undermined the former position of esteem enjoyed by women in our civilization, let us proceed to consider how that position used to be maintained.
The bedrock of the system, more fundamental than the ideal of chivalry, was the institution of marriage. (more…)
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1. Two conflicting conceptions of feminine dignity
One of the hallmarks of Western civilization is the unusually high status it has accorded women. That has often been attributed to the influence of Christianity, which prizes certain typically feminine virtues (mercy, humility) more than pagan society had. (more…)
