Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
Moralizing, which includes political correctness, has its dangers.
Feminists have argued for positive discrimination as the only way to correct centuries of bias.
Nonetheless, the consensus emerging among black Americans is that positive discrimination is
counter-productive. Disadvantaged minorities desperately need the odds levelled, but not
patronizingly tilted in their favour.
Psychoanalysis has little scientific standing, and Lacanian theory is further disputed within the
psychoanalytical community itself. Feminism does itself few favours by relying on these supports.
A more damaging criticism is the concept of the feminine itself. Does it really exist? There are very
real differences in the psychological make-up between the sexes, but testing also indicates what
anthropologists have long accepted: the expression of those differences is more determined by
cultural factors than sexuality per se. Feminists who argue for a more understanding, fluid, and