Feminists, Adultery, and the Destruction of Marriage

Wendy McElroy's weekly Fox News column explores why feminists are silent about adultery in the case of Gary Condit (and Bill Clinton) when they are so vocal about every other ill they often associate with marriage. McElroy rightly condemns "gender feminists" for their hostility toward marriage as patriarchal oppression, and offers some excerpts from said feminists' writings about adultery. Given the unsophisticated level of commentary offered by the leading feminist periodical is it any wonder that NOW has nothing useful to say about Condit's conduct? The gamut of the Ms.-advice on adultery runs from "accept it" to "get busy," from "I don't know" to sexual mutilation. Indeed, one feminist threatens to "hack off" her husband's penis if she caught him committing adultery.

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