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“It's no wonder there is a mad scramble for victim status on many campuses today. It confers authority and prestige.”

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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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“There is too much ideological conformity in gender studies. The true-believers fashion the theories, write the textbooks and teach the students. When journalists, policymakers, and legislators address topics such as the wage gap, gender and education, or women's health, they turn to these experts for enlightenment. For the most part, they peddle misinformation, victim politics, and sophistry. They claim that their teachings represent the academic consensus, but that is only because they have excluded all dissenters.”

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