Johann Happolati

In Praise of Sexual Violence

by Johann Happolati 03.14.2012

The sensationalist title is meant to help keep up appearances now that In Mala Fide has won the prestigious SPLC hate-group award. I’m not really going to praise sexual violence. I’m only going to ask whether the alternatives are better. According to statistics blogger Garth Zietsman, porn is one alternative: We can dismiss the feminist [...]

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Women Don’t Belong in the Public Sphere

by Johann Happolati 02.23.2012

Women are better than men socially. They read social cues better than men, are more attentive to the strengths and weaknesses of others, are better at managing relationships, and better at caring for people’s needs. It is impossible to imagine human society without women’s contributions to the private sphere. Women’s attention to relationships means that [...]

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Gay Marriage and Other Moral Trivialities

by Johann Happolati 02.20.2012

I used to waffle on the issue of gay marriage. But then I stopped caring because I realized it’s a marginal and trivial issue. Only two or three percent of the population are gay, and only some of those people will actually want to get married. Gays can’t have kids anyway, and gays also tend to [...]

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A Moment of Silence for Lisa Chan’s Career

by Johann Happolati 02.17.2012

Lisa Chan, the budding actress who starred in Pete Hoekstra’s now notorious campaign ad, is apparently regretting it. The ad is not racist, as many people have claimed. It’s not even xenophobic: it uses an attractive woman to represent a China which is beating America through hard work, and because America is stupid. The worst that can [...]

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