Sommers said in 2014 that she is a registered Democrat "with libertarian leanings". She attended the University of Paris, earned a BA degree at New York University in 1971, and earned a PhD degree in philosophy from Brandeis University in 1979. Ĭhristina Hoff Sommers was born in 1950 to Kenneth and Dolores Hoff. Several writers have described Sommers as anti-feminist.
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Sommers has contrasted equity feminism with what she terms victim feminism and gender feminism, arguing that modern feminist thought often contains an "irrational hostility to men" and possesses an "inability to take seriously the possibility that the sexes are equal but different". Sommers' positions and writing have been characterized by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as " equity feminism", a classical- liberal or libertarian feminist perspective holding that the main political role of feminism is to ensure that the right against coercive interference is not infringed. She also hosts a video blog called The Factual Feminist. Her work includes the books Who Stole Feminism? (1994) and The War Against Boys (2000). Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Who Stole Feminism?, The War Against Boys, Vice and Virtue in Everyday LifeĬhristina Marie Hoff Sommers (born 1950) is an American author and philosopher.
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Author, philosopher, university professor, scholar at the American Enterprise Institute