by Mary Eberstadt
Spring came early to most of the 50 states this year—and with it, at least in the political fields, the usual crop of mixed truths, untruths, and wildly growing falsehoods. Let's yank up one of those weeds for a little inspection: the idea that a national "war on women" is afoot.
It's an ideological whopper that demands more scrutiny than it has so far gotten, because underneath it are solid rocks of myth concerning what are called the "social issues." Let's turn over a few of these to see what facts they hide.
Myth No. 1: The "war on women" consists of tyrannical men arrayed against oppressed but pluckily united women.
Myth No. 2: If it weren't for the Catholic Church, no one would be talking about contraception anyway
Myth No. 3: The "social issues" are unwanted artifacts of a primitive religious past that will eventually just fade away.
Myth No. 4:The sexual revolution has made women happier.
http://www.hoover.org/news/daily-report/112151
It's an ideological whopper that demands more scrutiny than it has so far gotten, because underneath it are solid rocks of myth concerning what are called the "social issues." Let's turn over a few of these to see what facts they hide.
Myth No. 1: The "war on women" consists of tyrannical men arrayed against oppressed but pluckily united women.
Myth No. 2: If it weren't for the Catholic Church, no one would be talking about contraception anyway
Myth No. 3: The "social issues" are unwanted artifacts of a primitive religious past that will eventually just fade away.
Myth No. 4:The sexual revolution has made women happier.
http://www.hoover.org/news/daily-report/112151
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