Fox news column claims "women aren’t women anymore"

Suzanne Venker argues that feminism has killed marriage

Published November 26, 2012 3:58PM (EST)

Binders full of Men, inspired by Romney's "Binders full of Women" comment  (BindersFullofWomen.tumblr.com)
Binders full of Men, inspired by Romney's "Binders full of Women" comment (BindersFullofWomen.tumblr.com)

Fox news' Suzanne Venker has issued a groundbreaking opinion piece in which she flips the script on the media's dialogue of  the "war on women," calling it, instead, the "war on men."  Venker argues that "feminists" (or simply women who pursue higher education and careers) are to blame for the "dearth of good men" because "women aren’t women anymore":

It’s the women who lose. Not only are they saddled with the consequences of sex, by dismissing male nature they’re forever seeking a balanced life. The fact is, women need men’s linear career goals – they need men to pick up the slack at the office – in order to live the balanced life they seek.

So if men today are slackers, and if they’re retreating from marriage en masse, women should look in the mirror and ask themselves what role they’ve played to bring about this transformation.

But, "fortunately, there is good news," Suzanne Venker writes."Women have the power to turn everything around. All they have to do is surrender to their nature – their femininity – and let men surrender to theirs. If they do, marriageable men will come out of the woodwork."

 

 

 


By Prachi Gupta

Prachi Gupta is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on pop culture. Follow her on Twitter at @prachigu or email her at pgupta@salon.com.

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