Christopher Hitchens versus Feminism

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2. He does a fine job of pullung her chain

but his underlying point is valid. In our species care for children has demanded tremendous resources from women. Men have taken up the slack by providing more for the family. Everything may be different since the seventies but that means nothing in evolutionary terms. Men are hardwired to defend, women to nurture.

He states repeatly that Ms. Hitchens can work if she wants, but she doesn't have to. If there are no children and there is household help that sounds like a reasonable position on his part. He'd be a real jerk if he demanded she work whether she wanted to or not.

He does a fine job of pulling the interviewers chain with the remark about "the gentler sex" and "innate skill with children" which is what is probably attracting all the attention. He saw the rhetorical bind that line of questioning created and and outflanked her.

The Guy didn't sell a zillion books for nothin'.