Civil Rights And The Sexual Revolution Need A Divorce

The Federalist ^ | 5/10/16 | Robert Oscar Lopez

[Impala64ssa]

Intersectionality”—or discussing feminism always within the context of fighting racism and class inequality—is a sacred goal championed by feminists like Eleanor Robertson of the Guardian. She describes it as “one of the most important ideas that feminist scholarship has ever come up with.”

Maybe intersectionality would be possible if only the gender part of this equation did not fall under the umbrella of the sexual revolution. Second-wave feminism, punctuated by the early 1960s publications of Helen Gurley Brown’s “Sex and the Single Girl” and Betty Friedan’s “Feminine Mystique,” became something of a traffic accident.

Timing is everything. The shift to a new conception of women’s rights came shortly after rebellious white men had declared war on chastity and marriage. The early 1950s saw the launch of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy and the debut of Arthur Miller’s “Crucible,” while the late 1950s saw the publication of Norman Mailer’s seminal essay, “The White Negro.” Pornography went pop. Naked bodies became something male consumers were entitled to see for a price. The more pastors and church ladies inveighed against dirty magazines, the more boys came to see consuming porn as an act of political liberation rather than as the ancient, embarrassing habit of onanism. Marilyn Monroe was a key link between this major cultural shift and “The Crucible,” since she posed for Playboy and soon married Arthur Miller.

[Impala64ssa]

Promiscuity and depraved morals along with the freebies continue to be the effective tools liberals use to keep Blacks "on the plantation". Reminds me of one of PJ O' Rourke's quips, among the major players in the abolishionist movement were White, moral, gun-toting Christian extremists.

[Tax-chick]

Robert Oscar Lopez although has worthwhile things to say. The connection he draws between sexual immorality and wealth inequality is very well thought out.

[Albion Wilde]

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