The power of ideology to overcome reality - Feminism as know nothing-ism

The Know-Nothings were a notorious anti-immigrant political party in the United States during the period of mass Irish immigration before the Civil War.  Their name came from their response when questioned about crimes against immigrants that they "Knew Nothing" when in fact they did.  And of course they were full of information if it was a crime that could be laid at the feet of immigrants.

Today's mainstream feminist movement is a twenty first century "Know Nothing" party.  Like its namesake, it is quick to call foul on any incident or condition that disfavors women.  Women earn fewer STEM degrees, are 'underrepresented' in math and engineering faculties, earn '72 cents for every dollar men earn' and so on.  Yet they apparently "Know Nothing" about the massive, disproportionate and growing disadvantages facing men and boys relative to women.  Here's an abstract from a recent legal paper submitted* (courageously IMHO) to a legal conference dedicated to eradicating discrimination against women.

Implicit in the materials for this conference is the assumption that any gap that exists between men and women in the workplace (at least if the gap seems to disfavor women) should be eliminated. The question is asked, “how can this gap be explained and rectified?,” implying that “rectification” should follow irrespective of how the gap is explained. 

There are many statistical disparities between the sexes in our world, but only some become the subject of widespread concern. Ones that are perceived as favoring men are labeled “gaps,” while those that favor women are simply facts. Outside the workplace, men are arguably disadvantaged in a variety of arenas, whether in terms of health and longevity, crime and violence, domestic relations, or education. In the workplace, men are far more likely than women to be killed and to work long hours. None of these disparities is generally viewed as a “gap” deserving of intervention, however. Men earn a disproportionate number of Ph.Ds in some fields, while women earn a disproportionate number in others. Only the former set of disparities, however, is typically viewed as a “gap.”

Many of the statistical disparities between the sexes in the workplace are a consequence of average sex differences in the choices that men and women make about education, the workplace, and the family. Many of these choices are products, in part, of biologically influenced sex differences in talents, temperament, and tastes (all of which appear to be influenced by testosterone), and they all involve trade-offs.

The Know Nothings were never more than a fringe group, justly held in contempt as the ignoramuses that they claimed to be.  Modern Feminists by contrast hold a privileged position in today's progressive power elite, their wild and hypocritical inconsistencies never broached in polite progressive company.  Imagine just how cruel they will be if they get one of their own in the White House.

"Tin harpies and Hillary's coming, we're finally on our own" 

"Men 'dead' in O-hi-o?"

*I don't think Mr. Browne was actually allowed to present it, given that it would have resulted in his being lynched to the ecstatic shrieks of the mob.