Tag Archives: War on Women

From Sexual Privacy to Sexual Police

Posted on December 9, 2016 by The Political Hat

     The “right to privacy” when it came to the bedroom was the casus belli the Left used to upend social sexual mores and institute contrary values; the “right to privacy” when it came to sex was never the purpose, but … Continue reading →

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Star Chamber at Columbia University

Posted on November 16, 2016 by The Political Hat

     If anyone knows how to run a secret kangaroo court, it’s Columbia University. “Columbia University is making it harder for students to hold it accountable for how the Ivy League school runs ‘gender-based misconduct’ proceedings. “It has previously banned students … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Enslaving the Constitution; Enslaving the Doctors; Enslaving the Bedroom

Posted on October 27, 2016 by The Political Hat

          Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Enslave ALL THE THINGS!!1!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Science and Sexism, or Why Feminist Science Isn’t

Posted on October 17, 2016 by The Political Hat

     It is a trope and cliché, abet accurate ones, that the so-called “social sciences” in Academica reject objective reality and substitute “social constructs” with the clear implication that: “[T] here are female ‘ways of knowing’ that differ from male ways … Continue reading →

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The Hugo Awards Ought To Go Psycho

Posted on October 12, 2016 by The Political Hat

     This past Summer I attended, on two consecutive weekends, both the WorldCon in Kansas City, which hosts the Hugo Awards, and thereafter a Heavy Metal festival in Las Vegas known as Psycho Vegas. In terms of entertainment and “Social Justice” … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Gender Wars: Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Security Guards, and the English Language

Posted on October 6, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: No gender for you!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Tool of The Patriarchy? Puppies!

Posted on October 1, 2016 by The Political Hat

     What’s next?  A beat up old van that has “free candy” written on the side?      The puppy was probably a misogynist anyway… Tweet

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Equity vs. Essentialism

Posted on September 28, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Two of the major contrasts between Leftist thought and conservatism (in the Anglospheric vein) are: Whether human beings are tabula rasa upon which society can writ large vs. the idea that human nature actually exists; and society should reflect an … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Miseducating Civics; Miseducating Economics; Miseducating Women

Posted on August 11, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Me not know education?  That’s unpossible!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Tool of The Patriarchy? Carbon Fiber!

Posted on July 11, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Did you know that carbon fiber isn’t just a useful material, but a tool to oppress women and the disabled through intersectional oppression?  Thanks to academic Anna Hickey-Moody, and her paper “Carbon Fibre Masculinity, disability and surfaces homosociality” we do! … Continue reading →

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