Question for male anti-feminists: What issues do you have with Camille Paglia? Why don't you like her?

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She's a libertarian, pro-sex, porn-loving, phallus-glorifying feminist. She very strongly criticizes "victim feminism" and feminists who portray men as the enemy of women. She's like the antichrist to feminists like Andrea Dworkin.

She believes that society should get back in touch with its pagan origins and her theories are influenced a lot by Freud.

Just wondering what mainstream male anti-feminists think of her, especially non-religious male anti-feminists. (It's more obvious why Christians don't like Paglia.)

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She believes that women have a lot of sexual power over men (which "mainstream" feminists don't recognise), and she believes women need to be more aware of that power they have, so they can wield it with greater skill, for everyone's benefit. It makes sense to me!

No brainless, philistine answers like Rainbow's, please.

Answer 1

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I think she is a very logical woman. To my limited knowledge of her she is balanced, realistic and mature, where as many others look at the world and outcomes generated by biological factors and personal choices and think its "unfair" and "feel" it should be this way or that way instead.

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Hard to pick a best answer but you got the most thumbs up

Answer 2

She sounds like another nutcase.

What do you have against my two point seeking?
Freud was dead on about his theories.
Doesn't take a genious to see that.
but that is logic.

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Answer 3

I have no beef with her. We agree about half the time. Like you said, she is a libertarian. Libertarians don't bother me, but liberals do.

Answer 4

As feminists go she's great. Like many post-modernists her writing style is overblown, but she makes more sense than 95% of feminists.

Answer 5

Freud has been largely discredited.

Answer 6

I've heard the name but never read anything about her. I'll take a peek at wikipedia...

Yeah, my views are very similar to her views I guess. Except that I do not regard Dr. Freud very highly and I see no need for phallus-glorifying.