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The Feminist Mistake: The Radical Impact of Feminism on Church and Culture by Mary A. Kassian

woowottreads's review

2.0

Ah, me. Named-dropped in 'Quiverfull,' this lady is at the forefront of female thinkers in the patriarchy movement. Ironically, some of these women write books and seem to spend much time out of their homes propounding this antiquated, anti-female view of patriarchy--although, they expect other woman to sit at their husbands feet and bend over backward to do everything to please him.

This book starts out interesting enough, talking about the history and 'theory' of feminism--as conservative evangelicals view it--and then devolving into tenuous theories of how it has caused the downfall of American society. This book does not really get into the idea that woman are at fault if their menfolk misbehave at all, but it does equate feminists and New Agers and Wiccans basically with the Beast of Revelation (not literally, of course, I speak hyperbolically). Never mind that the views propounded in this book are often reasons why things in American society 'go wrong.' Ahem.

madisaurusrekd's review

1.0

This book could have fallen straight from the 'Quiverfull' movement itself. It is a testament to the dangers of internalized misogyny in women. When I began reading it, I went in with an open mind wanting to see life through the writer's eyes. I even re-read it several years later to see if perhaps I had rashly reacted to its rhetoric. This was a mistake. This book is overtly anti-woman and anti-feminism. To describe it as anything but would be a lie.