A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always known this, and absorbed it cheerfully into their act; one thinks of Shere Hite julienning men on phone- in shows, or Dale Spender telling us that a good feminist is rude to a man at least three times a day on principle. Of course, there's a lot more to feminism... but scaring the shit out of scumbags is an amusing and necessary part because, sadly, a good many men still respect nothing but strength,


Burchill (1990) The Sunday Times; as cited in: Christopher W. Tindale (1999) Acts of arguing: a rhetorical model of argument. p. 58


A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always...

A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always...

A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always...

A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always...