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1、FEMINISMHOWWOMENHAVEBETRAYEDWOMENCHRISTINAHOFFSUMMERSU.S.$23.00Can.$29.50PhilosophyprofessorChristinaSommershasexposedadisturbingdevelopment:howagroupofzealots,claimingtospeakforallwomen,arepromotingadangerousnewagendathatthreatensourmostcherishedide•alsand
2、setswomenagainstmeninallspheresoflife.Incaseaftercase,Sommersshowshowtheseextrem•istshaveproppeduptheirargumentswithhighlyquestionablebutwell-fund•edresearch,presentinginflamma•toryandofteninaccurateinformationandstiflinganysem•blanceoffreeandopenscrutiny.T
3、rumpetedasorthodoxy,theresulting"findings"oneverythingfromrapetodomesticabusetoeconomicbiastothesupposedcrisisingirls'self-esteemperpetuateaviewofwomenasvictimsofthe"patriarchy."Moreover,theseargumentsandthesupposedfactsonwhichtheyarebasedhavehadenormousinf
4、luencebeyondtheacademy,wheretheyhaveshakenthefoundationsofoureduca•tional,scientific,andlegalinstitutionsandhavefosteredresentmentandalienationinourprivatelives.Despiteitscurrentdominance,Sommersmaintains,suchabreedoffeminismisatoddswiththerealaspirationsan
5、dvaluesofmostAmericanwomenandunderminesthecauseoftrueequality.WhoStoleFeminism?isacalltoarmsthatwillenrageorinspire,butcannotbeignored.CHRISTINAHOFFSOMMERSisanassoci•ateprofessorofphilosophyatClarkUniversitywhospecializesincontem•porarymoraltheory.Theeditor
6、oftwoethicstextbooks,shehaspublishednumerousprofessionalpapers.ShehasalsowrittenarticlesforTheNewRepublic,TheWallStreetJournal,theChicagoTribune,andTheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine,amongotherpublications.ShelivesintheBostonarea.JacketdesignbyJackieSeowAuthorp
7、hotographbyJoyceRavidPrintedintheU.S.A.Copyright©1994Simon&SchusterFromWHOSTOLEFEMINISM?AmericanfeminismiscurrentlydominatedbyagroupofwomenwhoseektopersuadethepublicthatAmericanwomenarenotthefreecreatureswethinkweare.Theleadersandtheoristsofthewomen'smoveme
8、ntbelievethatoursocietyisbestdescribedasapatriarchy,a"malehegemony,"a"sex/gendersystem"inwhichthedominantgenderworkstokeepwomencoweringandsubmissive.Thefeministswhoholdthisdivisiveviewofoursocialandpol