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“Now you ask a group of young women on the college campus, 'How many of you are feminists?' Very few will raise their hands because young women don't want to be associated with it anymore because they know it means male-bashing, it means being a victim, and it means being bitter and angry.”

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Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommers

Christina Hoff Sommers is an American author, scholar, and public intellectual known for her research on gender equality, educational policy, and criticism of feminism. Born in 1950, she graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in philosophy. more

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