For my writings on feminism (really very few over the years) I've been
called a misogynist, among other things. I deny this, and hereby affirm
that I do like some women (as well as some men) and do support the fair
and rational goals of women's liberation. But these goals are far
removed from the stridently censorious, men-are-the-enemy variety of
feminism, which has come to prevail. Christine Hoff Sommers has made a
strong case in her book, Who Stole Feminism, that women themselves are
the main victims of what she calls gender feminism.
In this section are some of my writings on feminism:
• NEW: Down With LGBTQ!
John Lauritsen takes apart the politically correct alphabetisms,
which are both ridiculous and pernicious. To read it as a PDF
publication, which can be downloaded and printed out, click here. To read it in HTML click here.
• Mr. Pudgy Roberts,
a female impersonator, dishes amateur transvestites and transsexuals in
a 1968 interview. His acerbically rational comments anticipate the
current Bruce Jenner madness and the fraught relationship between
feminists and transsexuals. Note that professional female impersonators
use masculine pronouns and titles for themselves. To read it click here.
• Rape: Hysteria and Civil Liberties is a review of Susan
Brownmiller's 1975 book, Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape. To
read it click here.
• Dangerous Trends in Feminism is a talk I gave at the Gay
Academic Union Conference IV, New York City, 1976. To read it click
here.
• Censorship & Feminism is a pamphlet I published in
1978, reprinting a news item and eleven letters that appeared in WIN
Magazine from 19 January to 13 July 1978. Also included is my reply (7
August 1978) to attacks on me, which WIN refused to print. To read it
click here.
• Pornography & Censorship.
Three writers counter demands for censorship of pornography, arguing
that censorship of any kind brings us closer to a police state.
• Antony Grey: “Linda: What Sticks in My Gullet!
• Brigid Brophy: “The Longford Report”
• John Lauritsen: “Feminism and Censorship in the United States”
• My recent H-Net review of the book, Sex Rights: The Oxford
Amnesty Lectures 2002, questions whether the alliance between Amnesty
International and certain strains of feminism is a good thing. To read
it click here.
• Warren Farrell is a leading advocate for men's rights. His
new book, Does Feminism Discriminate against Men? A Debate, argues that
in many ways feminism causes injustice to men and boys. To read my
H-Net review of this book click here.
• “Back to Basics” was published as an Opinion piece in Gay Community News,
August 23 & 30, 1980. It argues that the paramount goal of Gay
Liberation — Men should be free to love men — has been
compromised by “standard liberal egalitarianism” and by
harmful aspects of feminism. To read it click here.
Note: the image at the top of this page was drawn by the German artist,
Fidus (1868-1948) as the cover design for the journal, Die Kultur. I
have replaced Die Kultur with Feminism.
I write books and am
proprietor of Pagan Press, a small book publisher. Each of our books
is unique and well produced. Please check out the Pagan Press BOOKLIST — John Lauritsen
