The Feminist Lie: It Was Never About Equality

This book tells about some of the double standards and some of the hypocrisy of some forms of modern feminism. Here is some of the interesting information that this book mentions in it: Some women demand that men pay for dates with them completely all of the time. Some women who expect men to pay for dates often just use them for free meals. Some of the time these women have zero romantic interest in the man they're dating, but dishonestly lead the man on anyway. 39% of women said they would sleep with their boss for a promotion. Three in ten unmarried fathers in the United States are fraudulently held responsible for children that aren't biologically theirs. In the United Kingdom, that figure is nearly 50%. 42% of women said they would lie about claiming to be on birth control when they're not on birth control. They suffer no financial consequences for getting pregnant through fraud.

This book should be added to common core as required reading for all young men in their junior year of high school. In fact, I think that the author should adapt a cartoon-laden Dr. Seuss version for grades K-3 so that boys will be armed with information before they get subjected to gynocentric sex ed classes. Women should read this book as well so that they understand the degree to which feminism, gynocentrism, and our misandric family court system have destroyed men and help women understand why the smartest, most capable, most promising men in our society want absolutely nothing to do with them. Highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Feminist Lie: It was Never About Equality. By Bob Lewis. Review by J. Steven Svoboda.

A quite possibly pseudonymous author who goes by the name Bob Lewis has released a book that will not be met with indifference by many readers. A good number of memorable quotes and important information lies between the pages of The Feminist Lie: It was Never About Equality. The book also suffers from a bad need for a skilled editor as well as a tone that periodically flips from aggressive antifeminism into outright hostility. Not that I necessarily mind that but some readers may. Regarding the editing, inevitably some doubt may be cast on an author who titles a chapter, “The Wage Gape Lie” and speaks of Kennedy’s “Equal Protection Act” when he means the “Equal Pay Act.”

In any event, let’s focus on the many positive aspects of The Feminist Lie, aspects infinitely more important than any minor areas for improvement. I always appreciate a book that exposes me to information or formulations I can’t recall seeing before, and this book has plenty of that. The entire second chapter, titled, “History Feminists Ignore,” documents historical example after historical example of powerful women from past centuries. Cleopatra and Joan of Arc are certainly mentioned but also the countless others about whom we never hear, whom, the author reasonably argues, demonstrate the fallacious nature of feminist arguments about an oppressive patriarchy. Egypt had many other female queens, and a fourteen-year-old Spanish girl earned her doctorate in law while Shakespeare was still alive and writing some of his final plays. An all women’s college was founded in Quebec nearly 400 years ago and continues to operate today.

I like the author’s plain truth-speaking, as when he clearly states, “With the notable exception of Islam, no large or well-established governments were ever implemented for the expressed [sic] purpose of oppressing women.” Lewis also documents the racism and misandry of many of the most famous historical feminists. Both Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed giving blacks the vote. Prominent early feminist and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was a huge fan of eugenics and a white supremacist. The author notes that Sanger’s writings admit that she created Planned Parenthood in order to “exterminate” African-Americans as well as to limit the population of poor people. Sanger also supported Hitler’s forced sterilization laws.

The author does a number on former Playboy bunny Gloria Steinem, who fabricated evidence outright in her ride to the top, created a fictitious book title that she never in fact published, and finally collaborated with the Central Intelligence Agency, creating detailed dossiers on participants in women’s festivals.

There are a few points where I believe Lewis’ ardor overtakes his objectivity and he goes a bit off the deep end. Is there evidence for Lewis’ suggestion that today “Planned Parenthood targets African-American communities for birth control and abortion”? He devotes too many pages to a suicide note though the case is very compelling and it is hilarious and ridiculous that feminist activists apparently tried to copyright the suicide note to control its distribution. The author also overdoes his criticisms of both male and female feminists, engaging in general speculation about their sexual and romantic lives that is a little embarrassing to read. His fear that pedophilia may become incorporated into lesbian and gay activism seems far-fetched. I did enjoy learning about social justice warriors and about the meme wars being fought and in some cases won by men’s rights activists on the Internet.

Lewis also paints a convincing picture—which one might think unnecessary but which in fact we do sadly need--of the importance of family to individuals’ life success. Even in high-crime, low-income neighborhoods, an intact family with a mother’s strong affection and a father’s authority and involvement offer a great buffer against a life of crime and for success. The author continues, “feminism’s war on marriage is directly responsible for creating families without fathers.”

The author asks why feminism ignores male homelessness, the fact that more women attend college today than men, and perhaps most critically, the fact that more than eleven men die on the job for each woman who dies on the job. Then there’s the gender disparity with suicide and the much greater emotional impact on a man when a marriage ends. “Feminism’s war on marriage is killing men.”

Lewis makes some simple points that need to be made, like the existing of a women’s health government website and no parallel men’s health website. And that the Equal Pay Act was passed by President Kennedy more than a half century ago and feminists should be telling everyone about this victory, not pretending that women are still being discriminated against.

When Lewis oversteps, it does somewhat undercut his credibility. 61-62% of potential rape cases not being documented enough for the police to proceed is not the same as 61-62% of rape accusations being “false.” Having said that, the author does a great job of laying out how many orders of magnitude from the truth the feminist myth regarding the prevalence of rape is. The book documents a number of demonstrably false rape accusations that tragically led the accused man to commit suicide. It is also worth keeping in mind that even when an accused male college student is criminally exonerated by the police, sometimes his suspension from school is not reversed.

Lewis also does a good job debunking the horrible Duluth Model used for domestic violence brainwashing of male accuses, one of the worst results of feminism in my view. Experts have found the Duluth Model “almost completely ineffective” and no wonder since it omits from consideration so many possible causes of domestic violence, focusing solely on “patriarchy.” As one expert asks, “When does treatment become punishment?”

It is worth remembering that lesbians suffer 75% more domestic violence per capita than do women in relationships with men. It is also notable that women commit more domestic violence against men than vice versa, a fact even the Department of Justice has confirmed. It is shocking that charges will not be dropped even when the accuser requests it, and it is unconscionable that men are not generally presumed innocent as is in fact constitutionally required.

Then there is paternity fraud. Lewis mentions a phenomenon about which I don’t recall having heard before, namely, tutorials that are on the Internet to teach women how to steal men’s sperm.

Read with a little salt, and HIGHLY recommended!

Wow. A really well-reasoned book, with actual facts, and useful anecdotes. A pity it won't be read by those incapable of thinking. This is really useful. Getting married is simply no longer productive, for men. It's that simple. I have a friend at work, who dated a woman- first in her class at Wellesley, very smart, gorgeous, and so on. She dumped him, which he later realized was a blessing. Intelligence and drive in a woman is good- if it is helpful. If it is used against her husband, it is not useful. He married a woman that was more supportive. He is very happy with her. Here is a set of reasons why this book is important- 2 parents in a family really do make a difference:

Listen to Tom Leykis. Women have been treating men badly since the 1960's- and Tom's show was the top of any media outlet, in California. Tom says that children are indeed much better off in a 2 parent family- but that there are NO benefits to being a man, in such a family, and MANY reasons why this is becoming an increasingly worse idea. This is Really Good!

This book is really useful. I have a friend at work, who dated a woman- first in her class at Wellesley, very smart, gorgeous, and so on. She dumped him, which he later realized was a blessing. Intelligence and drive in a woman is good- if it is helpful. If it is used against her husband, it is not useful. He married a woman that was more supportive. He is very happy with her. Here is a set of reasons why this book is important- 2 parents in a family really do make a difference:

More Statistics on Fatherlessness: CHILDREN NEED BOTH PARENTS It is a Fact! Here is why: · 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census). · 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. · 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. (Source: Center for Disease Control). · 80% of rapist motivated by displaced anger come from fatherless homes. (Source: Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14, pp. 403-26). · 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. (Source: National Principals Assoc. Report on the State of High Schools). · 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. (Source: Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. Of Corrections, 1992). These statistics mean that children from fatherless homes are: · 5 times more likely to commit suicide · 32 times more likely to run away · 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders · 14 times more likely to commit rape · 9 times more likely to drop out of high school · 20 times more likely to end up in prison. Listen to Tom Leykis- who actually had this woman on his show. Women have been treating men badly since the 1960's- and Tom's show was the top of any media outlet, in California. Tom says that children are indeed much better off in a 2 parent family- but that there are NO benefits to being a man, in such a family, and MANY reasons why this is becoming an increasingly worse idea. This book is Really Good!

A Navy retiree at work estimates that 30% of births now are due to the woman "forgetting" to take the pill. The end of the "patriarchy" is good for men, who often don't want children anyway. Now, women can do it all on their own. They can go to school, go to work, raise their own babies, fight wars, do their own housework and mow their own lawns – all with minimal or no support from men. Thankfully, my ‘mistakes’ were aborted, so I’m 100% behind women’s abortion rights. I have a high paying job, great education, own my own home and have zero responsibilities to anyone except myself. Feminism gave me all that. In days past, because of patriarchal societal beliefs, I would have had no choice but to become a father in support of a family, or life with constant shaming. Now, thankfully, there’s no pressure to become a husband or father. I don’t even have to worry about marriage with regard to sex. Guys – it doesn’t get any better than this! Think about it!
If women want all that BS for themselves, let them have it! They’re right with regard to ending the patriarchy. It not only means freedom from oppression for them – it also means freedom from oppression for us dudes. As a man, I’m grateful for feminism. You’ve made my life painfully simple. Thank you feminists! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A patriarchy which oppresses men, is no patriarchy, if it benefits women & children only. If you study "primitive" tribes, women in most of them did well, and had more privileges than most men.
Men have always marched off to war, to protect women & children. Some want to talk about ‘peter pan’, ‘man up’, ‘where’s them goooood men’ stuff. I did the Sound of Music tour, in Austria, decades ago. The tour guide complained about the high prices in stores, and said [I could not make this up] he really missed the Jewish store owners, who knew how to merchandise, and sell at reasonable prices. But the Austrians exterminated them. And they aren't coming back. What I enjoy most is seeing hot women, that have played around for a while, suddenly hit the "wall", and decide to get serious about getting married... only to find out the men aren't there. Or my personal favorite, the women in their 40s, 50s, who are all looking for their "soulmate", who will accept them just as they are, even with 80 extra pounds on, and extreme inability to be pleasant. I don't have the heart to tell them that their soulmate was one of the 60% of men falsely accused of rape, as in that Air Force study, or he got hung up in the divorce court slaughterhouse, to bleed out, was obliterated financially, lost custody of his kids, and won't even look at women any more. I find more and more men in MGTOW monasticism, because they don't want to be FishBicycles. 40% of books in print are romance novels. Really think about that. The Quran says women have 9 times the sexual drive of men [I'm not Muslim], and I see that. Demographics are the future. America will be a lot more Hispanic, Black, and Muslim, in a few decades, because they reproduce at much higher rates. MGTOW is an expression of Knights Templar- who swore off sex completely. Men are capable of this, and are doing so, more and more.

lol just noticed that the used paperback versions are worth more than the new paperback copy's.....
sounds like some triggered people just bought the book, out of spite.. just to give a verified poor review. lol i love it

"Bob Lewis" is a hero. It takes courage equivalent to the criminalism displayed in this book to speak out against feminism. However, his true heroism is tied to his personal story as a casualty of the force he writes about. This text could be the first step in reconciliation for our society, but it won't bring back the countless innocent fathers thrown by the wayside. Spread the word; for those lost men if not for everything you hold dear.

Excellent read... Great mix of anecdotal true accounts that are great examples of the mountain of data provided...all with a well written format, not done in a dry academic style.

Pay particular attention to Chapter 6 and discover the dirty little secret to the history of the Duluth Model of Abuse organization. This information has been buried for 30 years now.

Also, if you consider yourself a male feminist, chapter 9 is tailor made just for you.

A well executed book, as consumers we can realize this because this book has already ruffled the feathers of many post modern feminists. Really activated some almonds with them, continue the good work.

Quite a short book - but the writing style is very accessible and succint. Read it in one evening. The author hammers home the main points, and cuts the fat rather nicely. I gave this book 5 stars, because the message is so critically important. Feminism is a gender supremacy movement, and if you can see past all the huffington post rhetoric, you will see it for yourself.

Feminism may have been about Equality...80 years ago... now, it is definitely NOT about Equality..i Today..it's a "Religion" a belief system thta is not based on facts.... but the beliefs of Victimhood and Preferential Treatment.

I believe feminism has some problems and picked up this book hoping to get a fresh perspective on the issue. Unfortunately, all I got was an insane perspective. This book is nothing but inane dribble. Too bad.

There are many critically important arguments that need to be advanced by the men’s movement, and there are a lot of dark corners in the history of feminism. Unfortunately, this is not the book that will give you a factual, logical overview of the issues at hand. This book reads remarkably like a freshman term paper in both mechanics and argumentation. It suffers from heavy over-generalization throughout each chapter, which is difficult to ignore even in places where I agree with the point to which the generalization is leading. (It even begins by quoting Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, just like roughly one in four papers I grade, and it tries to support a key opening chapter claim with a user submission to Urban Dictionary, which has no credibility whatsoever.) Overall, the rough amateurism of the writing makes it extremely difficult to accept this book as a reliable source. Lewis’ work lacks vital citations, relies on extended sequences of non sequitor claims, ad hominem attacks that barely relate to the claims they appear to support, and massive leaps in logic between supporting arguments. The author regularly falls back on attempts to stir up emotional agitation to try to hide these gaps. Again, this book tackles an important topic, and it raises a lot of critical issues, but its argumentation lacks the most basic logical foundations and valid research support. You should certainly research these questions, but find another text — preferably written by someone who has some training in research, argumentation, citation standards, objectivity, and what “investigative journalism” means.

Spelling and grammatical errors galore, ad hominem arguments a plenty, presented as academically astute while violating most of the rules of scholarship. No point in addressing the argument that feminism isn't constructive as people who hate it have the right to their opinion. What the author describes here in no way resembles my own experiences with feminists. Sure, some of them are cranks, there are cranks in every political group, but I've found more intelligent, creative caring people among feminists than anywhere else. Of course, that is my own limited personal experience. Interesting to note that throughout history when societies become insecure and resources begin to become scarce women are the first to lose their rights, this is part of the process of desertification that haunts human history.

This dude lacks the self awareness necessary to accurately depict feminism.

Feminism isn't a monolith, and it definitely has it's bad guys, but what movement doesn't?

I mean, according to the president, even the side with the nazis has some "very good people". So. You know. How about writing something intellectually honest, Bob?

the store turned down my first review. Apparently I'm not allowed to be honest about the possibility of finding useful content in a book like this one. What do I mean? I mean it is a book written by a man on the subject of women's liberation. A book, written by a man, in the same year as the year when a woman who hasn't done anything a man hasn't done was running for president, a woman who consequently lost that election, and that woman is hated more than any other candidate in history (aside from the guy who won) even amongst losing political candidates. In the same year that people are still chanting for her imprisonment while these same people can't seem to find anything wrong with the guy who won. He won even though he's run fraudulent businesses, assaulted women in public, and been married three times to her once. She's been married once, to a former much more well-loved president. A man, of course.

Let those propositions stew for a moment and then contemplate that silicon valley is a temple to the abused white guy persona, and that the author is one of the consultants to these very same people who don't like the notion of women or minorities moving into their fields, pushing them out of their jobs.

Nope, I don't think this guy will have much to say I want to hear, but await with eager anticipation what the woman who wants to critique this book from an informed perspective will have to say about it. Kind of like Locke's treatise on the work of another guy whom history has largely forgotten.

I heard about this last year soon after I discovered the existence of MGTOW Youtube Channels. I just took a long time because, I lacked the money. When I did, I braced myself for a hard read.

That turned out to be a wise decision because, Bob Lewis pulls no punches mentioning the unfortunate men who have been impacted. He also does the same thing when he explains how feminism has hurt us all.

In addition, he details the methods and the history of the movement. I find the latter part to know because, I almost considered one. And I'm fall into one of the groups the founders would've discriminated against.

That said, there a few things the author could've expanded on. First, the statement "Feminism is cancer" being correct. Not because who said (pretty sure he advocated pedophilia at one point, and deserved a mention later on); it's the fact that the advocates are encouraged to be angry all the time. That takes a toll on you because, nothing's meant to do that. Also, multiple intimate partners takes a toll on a woman's mental health due to the Oxycontin released. In other words, she suffers problems because, the bonding chemical is released. And that bond gets broken with every new person.

On another note, I think he could've fixed his spelling mistakes because, for a time, this could only be bought. Granted, the ones made by other people could've been alone because, those are quotes.

I also found fault with all the insults being thrown around because, that's far from a good way to make an argument. It doesn't help that he decries them for doing that in an earlier chapter for personal attacks. I let it slide for that reason. And the second to last chapter is hilarious!

All that said, this is quite a tough read. It's an imperative read though because, this shows why we need to stop treating feminism as though it's a minor annoyance. This also shows this shouldn't be treated as a benevolent force you're a monster for not joining. It also contains vital solutions.