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Daily Dose of Reason -
Society & Culture
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Friday, 16 March 2012 00:00 |
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 In reality, the technological advances in Western civilization have rendered obsolete any previous need for men and women to have a rigidly distinguished division of labor or any distinction based upon physical strength. As Western society has become more rational (thanks to technology, science and free enterprise), the degree of freedom individual women possess for realizing their intellectual potential has increased exponentially.
Rationality, logic and science have made the world a better place for women, especially since physical prowess becomes less important in a politically free, scientific culture. Women who today enjoy unfettered advancement in the careers of their choice should thank science and economic freedom—not feminist intellectuals’ relentless attacks against masculinity, rationality and free enterprise.
If militant feminists really want to help improve the lives of individual women, they ought to be the strongest proponents of capitalism and rationality. Instead, they downplay and even belittle the very values of reason and technology that make any form of liberation possible in the first place.
Dr. Michael Hurd, writing in "Bad Therapy Good Therapy: And How to Tell the Difference," available for purchase on this website and Amazon.com. |
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:00 |
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 Some Republican Senators are concerned that the IRS will single out Tea Party supporters for tax audits and other restrictions.
Excuse me—but isn’t this what government does? Play favorites?
If this weren’t the case, there would be no
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Read more... [Asking Obama to "Play Nice" is No Way to Defend Freedom]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Psychology & Self-Improvement
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:00 |
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 Issues and misunderstandings about optimism are a major cause of depression, even in intelligent people. People fear that optimism means pollyannaism, wearing rose-colored glasses, and not being objective. Today, especially, it’s seen as “uncool” not to be cynical and negative; naïve and “in denial” to look for the positive.
Because of all the confusion and intellectual dishonesty in today’s culture, I advocate what I call optimistic realism.The blending of these two terms—optimism and realism—implies that one must adhere to and recognize objective reality at all times; but do so in the psychological context of vigorously, consistently, and aggressively looking for the positives.
Depressed people say this to me all the time, when I point out
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Read more... [How to Be an Optimist AND a Realist]
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Daily Dose of Reason -
Politics & Government
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Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:00 |
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 Feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda are demanding that the FCC ban Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves.
In an op-ed for CCN, Steinem and Fonda wrote the following:
“Limbaugh doesn't just call people names,” they write. “He promotes language that deliberately dehumanizes his targets. Like the sophisticated propagandist Josef Goebbels, he creates rhetorical frames -- and the bigger the lie the more effective -- inciting listeners to view people they disagree with as sub-humans. His longtime favorite term
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Read more... [The Revenge of the Femi-nazis]
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