The Backlash!

What Everyone Should Know about Feminist Issues
The Male-Positive Perspective

by Rod Van Mechelen
Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 by Rod Van Mechelen


 
  1. Introduction
  2. Abuse -- Who's abusing whom?
  3. Affairs -- The Tao of Adultery?
  4. Affirmative Action -- Sexual affirmative action for nerds, wonks and geeks?
  5. Aggression -- Just why are men so much more aggressive than women?
  6. Anger -- If "Women + Rage = Power," why does "Men + Rage = Terror"?
  7. Backlash -- Has the time come for a real backlash?
  8. Beauty and the Beast -- Are pop feminists creating a monster?
  9. Bias -- Pop feminists have become the bigots they profess to most despise.
  10. Biology as Destiny -- Is biology destiny?
  11. Blame -- The power of the pointed finger.
  12. Boring Women -- Women who make themselves boring out of bed.
  13. Breast Implants -- No such thing as sexual power?
  14. Brutalizing Men -- Are we ready to stop the cycle of brutalization?
  15. Casual Sex -- The pop feminists' double sexual standard.
  16. Cheap Dates -- Why are only men "cheap dates"?
  17. Child Support -- What about all those "Deadbeat Dads"?
  18. Chivalry -- Time for a new chivalry?
  19. Send in the Clones -- Is there a clone in your future?
  20. Commitment -- Are women even more afraid of commitment than men?
  21. Communication -- Are women really the great communicators?
  22. Comparable Worth -- Who's short-changing whom?
  23. Competition -- Which sex is the competitive sex?
  24. Cycles of Bigotry -- A cycle of sexism has persisted for thousands of years.
  25. Death -- Dispelling the myth of medical sexism.
  26. Discrimination, Socialization and Socialism -- At first, men scoffed.
  27. Divorce -- Sexual "alimony" for ex-husbands?
  28. Domestic Violence -- How OJ rescued the New Rage women.
  29. Double Standards -- More about the pop feminist double sexual standard.
  30. Eco-feminism -- The Good Earth
  31. Education -- bigotry and the American Association of University Women
  32. Equality -- Should women be more equal than men?
  33. Fatherhood is potent -- Fatherhood does not need artificial props.
  34. Fear: Weapon of the Witch hunters -- A new witch hunt is in progress.
  35. Feminism -- Feminism, pop feminism, Victorian feminism, and War.
  36. FLAMETM a Feminist -- Who said the New Rage women are humorless?
  37. Grief -- Women fear men's grief.
  38. Heroism -- Are all the heroes dead?
  39. Hierarchies -- Civilization depends on them.
  40. The Hitman -- Here come the sexual gunslingers.
  41. Homelessness -- Most of the homeless are men.
  42. Housework -- Is "wages for housework" a euphemism for prostitution?
  43. Impotence -- It happens to women, too.
  44. Initiating Relationships -- When will women share responsibility?
  45. The Invisible Man -- The power of visibility.
  46. Justice -- Justice requires responsibility.
  47. Killers -- The men who kill because women love killers.
  48. Leaders -- Do women prefer male leaders?
  49. Lesbians -- Violence in paradise.
  50. Lines and Signals -- Women hate men's lines. What about women's signals?
  51. Love -- It begins with a decision.
  52. Loving the Lice -- Why do women love lice?
  53. Man Shortage -- What man shortage?
  54. Marriage -- In marriage, who oppresses whom?
  55. Misogyny -- Will the real misogynists please shut up?
  56. Morality -- An ethic of caring cannot thrive outside an ethic of rights.
  57. Movements and the True Believer -- Pop feminist fanatics.
  58. Movies -- Silver Screen Sexism
  59. Nice Guys -- Confessions of a (recovering) Gynaholic.
  60. Nudity -- In the beginning was the kid.
  61. Nurturing -- Everybody knows women nurture and men don't.
  62. Objectification -- Who's objectifying whom?
  63. Ogling -- The White Ribbon Campaign.
  64. Oppression -- Who's oppressing whom?
  65. Patriarchy -- Did civilization begin with patriarchy?
  66. Pornography -- Why does the grocery store sell women's pornography?
  67. Power -- Who's got the power?
  68. Power Tactics -- How can we defend ourselves?
  69. Problem Solvers -- A Hut with a View?
  70. Prostitution -- Who really opposes prostitution, and why?
  71. Rape -- Working through the pop feminist propaganda.
  72. Reproductive Rights -- Abortion, among other things.
  73. Respect -- You have to earn it.
  74. Rights -- It's not about your sex, but your humanity.
  75. Rights and Responsibilities -- Equality, anyone?
  76. Romance -- Just what do women do that's romantic?
  77. Romantic Retards -- Are men romantic retards?
  78. School -- Does the female-dominated school system oppress only girls?
  79. Sex -- To laugh like men at the New Rage women.
  80. Sexual Credo -- A new chivalry requires a new sexual credo.
  81. Sexual Desert -- Is the Jihad of Love about to begin?
  82. Sexual Harassment -- You're more vulnerable than you think.
  83. Sexual Revolution -- Few men have benefited from it.
  84. Take Back the Light
  85. Values and Ideologies -- How gender roles evolved.
  86. Victimhood -- The new path to power.
  87. Violence of the Rams
  88. War Paint -- No such thing as sexual power? - Part 2
  89. White Male Paranoia
  90. Work -- Relegating men to the status of second class citizens.
 

Copyright © 1993 ‑ 2005 by Rod Van Mechelen

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