Toby Young Toby Young

The man feminists seemed to think was worse than the Taleban

Neil Lyndon was hounded out of polite society. Islamists are treated rather more gently

issue 15 November 2014

Feature writers aren’t often acclaimed for their courage, but Neil Lyndon deserves a bronze plaque in St Bride’s. Twenty-two years ago, he wrote a book called No More Sex War in which he questioned some of the assumptions underlying the modern feminist movement. He pointed out that many of the advances made by women over the past 200 years have been made with the help of men and suggested that men should be regarded as allies in the war against injustice, not defenders of the status quo.

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