Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women Paperback – Illustrated, 1 May 1995

The term "feminazi" was found after searching for something totally unrelated on Google. Not knowing what the term meant, I searched for more information and a reference was made to this book. I read the reviews, and thought it would make good reading.A truly excellent read, and as one of the cover review states, Miss Sommers simply rams home the truth, through all the false statistics and lies that have permeated the subject matter. Example follows example of selective statistical analysis, and more worrying, the hijacking of US academia by this mindset. This mindset is alive and well, and growing nicely in the UK.If anyone argues against the points made in this book, then please do it with real case facts and figures, not just opinion and ideology.Some of the examples given had me laughing out loud - they are that good.

The author, Christina Hoff Sommers, has discussed many issues with the modern gender feminism on how they are trying to reform American cirrocumulus, how the university campuses have been under the tyranny of the intolerable authoritarian dictatorship of gender feminists and most importantly the flawed studies concluded by AAUW and other women’s groups.It’s a very aspiring book to read and it’s full of facts and serious evidence.

I'd like to write an intelligent, dispassionate, objective appraisal of this book. I can't. It takes all of my self-control not to write "THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!" a thousand times and hit "Submit".This book completely changed my notions of gender equality, and yes, feminism. It's rational, referenced and relatable. More than that, it's empowering. Not in a hollow, self-affirming, empty aphorisms way. Empowering in a way that equips women (and men, like myself) with the tools needed to address real inequality.Sommers' approach of facts backed by evidence leaves me proud to say: "I am a feminist."In all fairness, however, the book is not perfect. Originally published in 1994, while the core of the book is every bit as relevant now as then (if not more so), this is understandably a bit dated. Sommers is thorough and intelligent, but not infallible. While I would recommend this work to anyone (regardless of their feelings in feminism), it is important to approach this work with a mind which is open, but also critical (and to remember just how long ago 1994 was).

Having recently finished Prof. Hoff-Sommers' masterpiece 'The War Against Boys' I regressed backwards and read this, her first notable publication. It is wonderful to see how she had developed her literary style and grown academically; the gulf between these two works is substantial. Although she does briefly touch upon and allude to topics and themes she will later address in 'Boys', this work is almost entirely independent in thesis. However, like 'Boys', this text also shares an obvious attention to detail, a meticulous researching and reference and a passion and zest for the Truth.What the author did in this text, when it was first published a decade ago, was to light the first match that broke the darkness that had since the late '60s been slowly enveloping a number of sociological disciplines which have become known colloquially as 'feminism'. This is in itself, no small feat, especially when one considers that up until this point, legitimate topics such as those raised and scrutinised in the book, have been off-limits to close examination and serious academic inspection. Anyone who 'dares' to question the authenticity or authority of anything put out by the female-supremacist machine, is immediately publicly tarred and feathered and labelled 'misogynistic', 'sexist' or 'scared of change'. This is of course merely smoke and mirrors, a primitive, anti-intellectual ploy used to silence critics and divert the nation's attention away from the real Truths. One of which is the massive funding that paranoia and guilt receives in the name of supposed academic research under the 'equality' or 'gender studies' umbrella. Another of which is the disproportionate percentage of public funds which are being pointlessly squandered by white middle-class, educated women in positions of privilege. Funds that could and should be used to help poor, under-educated white and non-white woman, who are in dire need of services such as shelters, community centres, training facilities and such like. It is an utter sham and a total injustice how the white female elite have diverted funds away from their more needy sisters. Those cited in this book and being responsible for such waste should feel utterly ashamed at further contributing to the plight of the genuinely needy.Hoff-Sommers' other notable achievement is that as a serious academic, she has the mental faculty to question not only the Empress' clothes, but her very existence too. Instead of a single Empress, what Dr. Hoff-Sommers reveals instead, is a horde of embittered new-age, touchy-feely, inner-child seeking, anti-intellectual impostors all eager for funding and thirsty for personal publicity. And a docile and unquestioning media that either is simply not doing their job, or that has been taken in and wishes to avoid being tarred as 'un P.C.'Although this text is a decade old, it it certainly worth reading and should form part of the wider readings for any enquiring mind, any citizen who wishes to better understand the world around them, especially the failing of the media and the gullibility of trusting humans in the face of organisations who knowingly pervert the Truth and the facts.The only really negative aspects to this otherwise creditable text are:i) It was written in 1994, which in any academic field is just too long ago. Certainly any data-based conjecture she presented or any conclusions she drew are really no more than supposition in today's world.ii) Hoff-Sommers' writing does tend to be rather myopic and somewhat repetitive, and this makes the book lose pace somewhat. Although to be fair, what she has done is to take a dry Academic discipline and turn it into a best-seller; she has taken Academia and made it palatable for the average person. In aspiring to and reaching such a noble goal, it is understandable that she has to alter her style somewhat.N.B. This 'adaptation for the masses' is not apparent in her subsequent offering 'The War Against Boys'.Finally, it is somewhat sadly ironic that the female-supremacist hold up every word Dr. Hoff-Sommers puts down on paper, to such rigourous examination. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they subjected their own biased, anti-intellectual half-truths and blatant falsehoods to such scrutiny. if they did, it might ultimately strengthen their cause.

Absolutely wonderful. With an extraordinary level of journalistic integrity (rare these days) Christina has tracked down elusive studies, rogue statistical analysis, wild extrapolations and found where they began, who created them and how they were used. Truly enlightening. Scholarly, de-void of frivolous and provocative opinion (un-like the standard gender-feminist outpourings) and, in-spite of the weight of her account, it is light-hearted and enjoyable.I cannot recommend this book enough.

Sommers writes well as usual, unearthing the lies and half truths which delivered the American education system into the hands of so called 'feminists', who, by their shocking and sadistic behaviour, should be described more accurately as 'FemiNazi' than anything human or humane. The subject of the book, the abuse and destruction of the school/college American male, is even more shocking when one keeps in mind that it is happening NOW, in the 'land of the free', and its ignorance, arrogance and misandry is all perfectly legal. She does attempt to end on a positive note but the title of the follow-up 'The War Against Boys' says it all.

Excellent book. Highly recommended, especially if you are about to do a gender studies.course.If you have already started the course you will be beyond help, indoctrinated and automatically dismissing alternative point of view.