The Witches Are Coming

Make no mistake, this book will resonate with women... but it's a book for men. We as those who hold supreme privilege in our society by simple virtue of having a Y chromosome cannot be allies in the fight for gender equality (indeed, for human equality) - we must be the frontline warriors. We can no more expect women to overcome misogyny than we can expect people of color to overcome racism. The problem is not them; the problem is us. Until people like Donald J. Trump and those who think like him can be rendered irrelevant or educated (and doing either in his case will be an Augean task, if even possible), writers and influencers like Ms. West can continue to publish and speak and agitate, but they must become the rear guard. It is up to men to take up the cause and win the war. At the age of 70, I do not expect to see a bloodsoaked fatal flawless victory in my lifetime, but battles are being won. The #MeToo movement and its consequences are just one example. But that's still a sortie in the war, waged by the oppressed minority. Do you wonder why there are so many "strident" feminists out there? It's because their stridency is the moral equivalent of the Watts riots and so many subsequent outbreaks of violence by people of color who have been enslaved, oppressed, lynched, sidelined, and minimized for over 400 years... although much more civilized. Read up on history and you'll see that women have been waging a battle for equality for just as long, if not longer.

Men, buy this book and read it. Then think about it, and read it again. Despite its biting humor and delicious writing, it's not a book to entertain or amuse. It should be a textbook for anyone who wants to understand why the problem of misogyny is so rampant, and what needs to be done moving forward.

The author has her head so far up her own a**, she fails to see her own contradictions and hypocritical statements she makes, often in the same chapter…