Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

Wall St. Journal ^ | 12/28/2013 | Camille Paglia

[wildbill]

'What you're seeing is how a civilization commits suicide," says Camille Paglia. This self-described "notorious Amazon feminist" isn't telling anyone to Lean In or asking Why Women Still Can't Have It All. No, her indictment may be as surprising as it is wide-ranging: The military is out of fashion, Americans undervalue manual labor, schools neuter male students, opinion makers deny the biological differences between men and women, and sexiness is dead. And that's just 20 minutes of our three-hour conversation.

[wildbill]

She is an original thinker who is a feminist without being anti-male. Her thoughts are always worth a read IMO.

[P-Marlowe]

Pajama Boy is the liberal superhero.

[2banana]

The military is out of fashion, Americans undervalue manual labor, schools neuter male students, opinion makers deny the biological differences between men and women, and sexiness is dead.

Wonder how this is going to end?

[no-to-illegals]

sexiness is dead

I have to disagree on this point. Women will always be sexy and have sexiness. Guess, I'm a Male Chauvinist Pig! Gosh, I love that label. Stay sexy and exude sexiness Ladies! I'll lose my eyesight if the Ladies refuse to comply. Sexiness will never make me go blind. Maybe the act of Sex will but I'll risk it.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

More important, Ms. Paglia says, if the women's movement wants to be taken seriously again, it should tackle serious matters, like rape in India and honor killings in the Muslim world, that are "more of an outrage than some woman going on a date on the Brown University campus."

amen

[allendale]

No decent conservative should be lulled by this bizarre woman. Throughout her life she has promoted absurdity and decadence. She has influenced and ruined the lives of many gullible young women. Now that she is a barren post menopausal lesbian who regrets never giving birth specifically to a son, her babbling has changed. Ignore this vile lunatic. Nothing she has said is a great revelation to any conservative.

[GreyFriar]

Yes, an excellent article. Definitely worth reading.

[Revolting cat!]

Thank you posting from the primary source, in contrast to the previous second and third hand threads.

[no-to-illegals]

Gosh, guess I'll have to go to Brown University campus to ask for a date? This is news to me that it is "more of an outrage than some woman going on a date on the Brown University campus." Hold on Ladies, Men are on the way to ask for dates!

[KC_Lion]

I think it has to do with true Femininity and being Juvenile.

Take Miley Cyrus is this pic

GAH!

Now lets take a look at a Korean Import with regards to Femininity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXZWudcVzEg

Which simultaneously Covers More, Is Less Juvenal and Yet is still Far More Attractive that Ms. Bill Ray Twearker.

Always look a Culture and our Culture no longer Values Traditional Norm and Looks for Women and Men.

[no-to-illegals]

I prefer sexiness and to me a business suit, on a woman, is sexy. Guess, I'll always be a male chauvinist pig! Billy Ray does need to get his daughter under control though.

[Kartographer]

She starts by pointing to the diminished status of military service. "The entire elite class now, in finance, in politics and so on, none of them have military service—hardly anyone, there are a few. But there is no prestige attached to it anymore. That is a recipe for disaster," she says. "These people don't think in military ways, so there's this illusion out there that people are basically nice, people are basically kind, if we're just nice and benevolent to everyone they'll be nice too. They literally don't have any sense of evil or criminality."

Not just the elites many now days figure a buck is a buck, fair or foul if they don't get it someone else will.In the past decade we watch more money stolen by men in three piece suits and briefcases than were ever stolen by men in black hats with guns.

[no-to-illegals]

Can’t wait for the proper pictures to show up that will make me go blind. They (those pictures) have to be on the way ... lol. Such as liberal women in business suits.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Still, I see way too many women with tattoos, bad hair, flip flop lazy. A feminine woman is a very powerful one and women who let themselves go (or fail to take advantage of all the styles and accessories) are fools

[KC_Lion]

What about Military Suits?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYP_3QEb5Yk

[no-to-illegals]

A feminine woman is a very powerful one and women who let themselves go (or fail to take advantage of all the styles and accessories) are fools

Happy New Year to you and yours, first and foremost. The male chauvinist pig, in me, has huge problems viewing liberal women in business suits. Those women remind me of the unspeakable and blindness.

[Sioux-san]

I agree, but wonder how this is affecting Camille’s standing in the LGBT/Leftie communities?

[InterceptPoint]

You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly.

[no-to-illegals]

Military Suits?

Did not open the link but have no problem with Military Suits on a Female. I do become emotional when I see anyone in Military Suit, be it Male or Female, saying prayers for their safety. Boots are sexy as is the Uniform!

[Revolting cat!]

Here you go.