Begin Summer Reading

Pacing up and down the small corridor at the Reason office lined with shelves of throwaway books (I pace when I have writer's block), I stumbled onto an obvious classic called How Women Manipulate: Essays Toward Gynology. From the preface:

These essays, written over abou twenty-five years, appeared (with a couple of exceptions) in such men's rights publications as Transitions and Aladdin's Window as well as journals with a wider scope, Critique for example. My main purpose has been to enable men to overcome their lifelong training in deifying and mystifying women and become able ot criticize and evaluate them as human beings. The social institutions that support and enforce false beliefs regarding women, including the courts, the media, chivalry, and feminism are a barrier to men's self-development and also come under analysis. The final end of this is the objective study of women, which I call gynology [emphasis in original].

I must say, it started off well, got better, and only picked up steam from there, but it's that last sentence that I love, love, love. Let's take another look at it.

The final end of this is the objective study of women, which I call gynology.

This is gonna be good.