print…These puritans are in the habit of deploying the photos on IlanaMercer.com to shame its proprietor. To wit: “Mercer puts up the images; she’s asking for it.” To these solemn commissars, an aesthetic display of the female form signifies that a woman is begging for belittlement. … The austere, Soviet-like stance vis-a -vis the female figure and its commercialization is the trademark of feminists and socialists. They oppose what they term the “objectification” of women, but also object to anything that’s fun, free, appealing, and lucrative. In their prissy, sexual rebukes to me, these phony progressives and pseudo-capitalists have sided with backward elements.
The column, How Sexist Are Libertarian Men?, addresses my travails with libertarian men over the years, and is on the Free-Market News Network. Libertarians, the forum is yours to comment (without demeaning the host, naturally).