Dispensable Man

George Gilder is a man of free and fresh mind and genial temper whose ideas have a way of making people want to scratch his eyes out. A few years back a feminist group named him “Pig of the Year.” Actually it was Co-Pig; he had to share the title with Paul Anka, whose song “You’re Having My Baby” was certified as sexist. Anka saw the error of his ways and remorsefully changed it to “Our Baby,” and George still justifiably thinks Anka was unworthy of even a piece of the crown. Then there was the occasion when a couple of young feminists rushed the stage of a talk show George was appearing on. The host tactfully turned them away, then started clawing his guest himself, with the aid of the other guests.

It all started with Sexual Suicide. Far from disparaging women, Gilder argued that any stable social order requires the feminine role—yes, let’s call a spade a spade: motherhood—to anchor men to family responsibility.

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George Gilder is a man of free and fresh mind and genial temper whose ideas have a way of making people want to scratch his eyes out. A few years back a feminist group named him “Pig of the Year.” Actually it was Co-Pig; he had to share the title with Paul Anka, whose song “You’re Having My Baby” was certified as sexist. Anka saw the error of his ways and remorsefully changed it to “Our Baby,” and George still justifiably thinks Anka was unworthy of even a piece of the crown. Then there was the occasion when a couple of young feminists rushed the stage of a talk show George was appearing on. The host tactfully turned them away, then started clawing his guest himself, with the aid of the other guests.

It all started with Sexual Suicide. Far from disparaging women, Gilder argued that any stable social order requires the feminine role—yes, let’s call a spade a spade: motherhood—to anchor men to family responsibility.