Christina Hoff Sommers, "The War Against Boys"

Christina Hoff Sommers is an American author and former philosophy professor who is known for her critique of late 20th century feminism, and her writings about feminism in contemporary American culture.  She has written several books on the topic, including Who Stole Feminism?How Women Have Betrayed Women, and The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men.

Sommers earned her B.A. at New York University and Ph.D. in philosophy from Brandeis University.  A former philosophy professor in Ethics at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, Sommers is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.  She is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.  She has spoken and participated in debates at over one hundred college campuses and served on the national advisory board of the Independent Women's Forum.

Professor Mary Anne Case provided commentary. 

This talk was recorded November 6, 2013, and was sponsored by the Federalist Society.