"The one thing I really couldn't get purchase on from your essay is I never got a sense of whether there were female virtues at all from your piece. If you want to know what I like about women. No, that's not my question. You can ask me. In fact, I invite you to commission from me an entire essay on the subject. What I like about women. My freelance rates are very reasonable. What do you like about women, Helen?"
"Men and women are really different. But what do those differences mean? Should the Right be trying to roll back the entire feminist era? Or is there a conservative feminism that can correct liberalism's mistakes? My guests this week are both conservative writers, both critics of feminism, both women who have very different views of what a right-wing politics of gender should look like."
Two conservative perspectives offer contrasting critiques of feminism. One contends that feminist reforms have over-feminized institutions, eroding masculine virtues and weakening organizational robustness. The other contends that liberal feminism compelled women to conform to workplaces and systems designed around male norms, requiring suppression of female inclinations and dependence. The debate raises whether political conservatives should seek to roll back feminist gains or formulate a conservative feminism that preserves sex-specific virtues and dignities. The conversation centers on gender differences, institutional culture, workplace design, and whether corrective measures should restore or reframe gendered roles.
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