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Abortion is the highest expression of feminism. It’s the only concern of feminists. Just ask the first lady how many feminists came to her defense after her son’s name was dragged through the mud on Capitol Hill. Ask Kellyanne Conway how many stood behind her when she was insulted as a terrifying killer clown on “Saturday Night Live.” Ask Juanita Broaddrick who came to her defense when she declared that the (liberal) president of the United States had raped her. But abortion? Anyone who dares to oppose abortion is a sexist, a racist and maybe even a Christian. You could...

In the world of radical identity politics, two groups with very different philosophies have been ignoring science in the name of advancing equality: gender feminists and transgender activists. Gender feminists — who are distinct from traditional equity feminists — refuse to acknowledge the role of evolution in shaping the human brain, and instead promote the idea that sex differences are caused by a socialization process that begins at birth. Gender, according to them, is a construct; we are born as blank slates and it is parents and society at large that produce the differences we see between women and men...