Women today are masculinised and men feminised, to the detriment of both, she asserts. “This same gender switch has been thrown all over Europe. Nations have been feminised and care what the neighbours think: governments talk in terms of sharing, caring and compromise. They used to talk in male terms about power, discipline, organisation and competence. If Islam attacks we apologise for not showing due respect. We behave like battered wives, anxious to placate, wondering what we can have done to deserve the blows and promising to try not to offend next time. It’s dangerous – submission will just make matters worse.”
“Feminised, we rely on negotiation, goodwill and invisibility to see us through. Other, still masculinised states, with their pride, stubbornness and belligerence – China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and the US – rely on their armies. Mind you, in the US the gender switch currently trembles between male and female. If Obama and Biden win, the nation’s feminised and rendered amiable and vulnerable. If McCain and Palin win, maleness continues to triumph and we’re safer. Take your pick.”
http://living.scotsman.com/books/Fay-Weldon—A-radical.4543796.jp
Fay Weldon, erfolgreiche britische Schriftstellerin und zeitweise alleinerziehende Mutter, galt lange als literarische Feministin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon