up next, christina hoff sommers talks about the policies she says harm young men. she is the co-author of four books and her newest book "the war against boys" >> christina hoff sommers, how did you define feminism? >> in the best sense, feminism is philosophy that says men and women are equal before the law. they deserve the same rights. the same liberties. and equal dignigity. >> you talk about the new feminism in your book, what is the new feminism? >> it emerges in the '80s and '90s. in the '70s, i believed in quality of opportunity, but in the '80s and '90s i was reading feminist writers and there were theories that were so aggressive in being one, harsh towards male. they were following the model women are from venus and men with from hell. i felt it was a reverse chauvinism. so i took exception to that. and many other things. i found that i even developed terms that i called myself an equity feminist. and the other school is gender feminism because they believed in the sex-gender system and they were a group of theorist that thoughts women were oppressed. it

this month is author and scholar christina hoff summers. her first book came out in 1994, best feminism?: how women have betrayed women," "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our young men" came out 12 years ago. a new edition this year. and "1 nation under therapy: how the helping culture is eroding self-reliance". came out in 2005. dr. sally said tell is the co-author. christina hoff summers spends her day job as a scholar at american enterprise institute. we want to get you involved in our discussion as well. we will put the numbers up on screen, 2 is your 2-585-3880. in the east and central time zones and would like to participate, 585-3881. if you would like to live in the west of the mississippi dial in those lines. @booktv is our twitter handle. facebook.com/booktv, booktv@c-span.org is our e-mail. all sorts of ways to connect with us and go ahead and we will cycled through those so you can see those numbers and different ways of contacting us as we go. christina hoff summers, in "the war against boys: how misgui

christina hoff sommers spends her day job as a scholar at american enterprise institute. we want to get you involved in the discussion as well. we are going to put the numbers on the screen. (202)585-3880. if you live in east and central time zones 585-3881. if you live in the west and mississippi, west of the mississippi died along those lines. finally, if you can't get through on the phone lines and want to participate, speaking live in is our trigger handling you can make a comment on facebook.com/booktv. booktv@c-span.org so all sorts of ways to connect with us. go-ahead. we will cycle through so you can see the numbers and there is a way of contacting us as we go. now, christina hoff sommers come in the war against boys how misguided policies are harming our young men you write that the subtitle of the first addition is how misguided feminism is harming our young men are delighted you change the subtitle? >> guest: my emphasis was on misguided. i didn't been feminism was. i collect equity feminism that i described earlier. i think it helps everyone to make it a more

doctor christina hoff sommers, that last question just got me thinking about this issue.and i wanted to ask you what your opinion is on late john paul the second, because i think your take on the need for boys to have the same type of, just attention, maybe, and men even today. it is so important. and women have kind of taken it by storm and men are left standing there and they have natural desire in everything i am trying to reach on equal ground is kind of muddled up with the wonderful differences. and you really have to understand that there is something there and i was wondering if you have read about this, simplicity has made it not >> guest: you know, i haven't read it. you're not the first person that suggested that i do, so i will. especially if he is talking about the need to honor the soul of the boy and acknowledge his need, a kind of need of young men to be heroes and little boys casting themselves in these narratives and their imaginative play and i worry now we are not allowing them to do it, but now they are be ashamed being ashamed for that and they could

. >> christina hoff sommers in the u.s. women earn 62% of associates degrees, 57% of bachelors degrees, 60% of masters degrees, 52% of doctorates college admissions officers. a half old concerned in and panicked over the dearth of male applicants. if male enrollment falls below 40% or below female students began to flee. officials at schools at or near the tipping point are helplessly watching as their campuses become like retirement with women competing for a handful. >> their campuses that the admissions officers are looking at 2% female, 62%, it seems to get worse each year and yes they are obviously panicked. there was an administrator at the college of william and mary who said you know we have to do something about attracting more women. we are the college of william and mary, not the college of mary and mary. there is one educational statistician who said if current trends continue by the year 2068 the last mail will graduate from college. he was just being facetious but there is a grain of truth. it's quite a myster

. >> host: christina hoff sommers in a recent atlantic article you're right that women in the u.s. now are 62 percent of the associates' degrees, 57 percent of bass's degrees, 60 percent of master's degrees, 52 percent of doctorates, college admissions officers were at first baffled in and concerned and finally panicked over the male applicants. male enrollment fall below 40%, fiesta inns began to flee. officials at schools at or near the tipping point are helplessly watching as their campuses become like retirement villages with women competing for a handful of surviving men. >> there are campuses that admissions officers are looking at 60 percent female, 62%, 65. seems to get worse each year. and they are, yes, i would say panicked. the administrator at the college of william and mary said to you know, we have to attract more men. we are the college of william and mary, not the college of marion barry. well, there is one statistician, a statistician who says that if current trends continue by the year 26 al qaeda, the last male will graduate from college. he was being facetious,

. >> the next three hours is your chance to talk with author and scholar christina hoff sommers, the feminism critic and former philosophy professor who will talk about ethics and everyday life, the current state of feminism and policies that, she says, armed gunmen. the residence dollar is the author or co-author of four nonfiction books including who stole feminism, one nation under therapy, and her 2013 release the revised edition of the war against boys. >> host: how do you define feminism? >> guest: in the best sense feminism is a philosophy that says that men and women are equal before long, deserve the same rights, the same liberties, the equal dignity, and basically a philosophy of basic fairness. >> host: in your book, who stole feminism how women have betrayed women, you talk about the new feminism. what is the new feminism? >> guest: yes, well, the new feminism emerged especially in the 80's and 90's and is a rather hard-line version. i became a feminist in the 70's. i did not appreciate male chauvinism and

sunday on in-depth, your questions for author christina hoff sommers. during radio talk show host mark levin. tv's in-depth.ok >> next a discussion about cyber attacks and espionage. one of the speakers is william plummer, the vice president of huawei technologies. -- he is joined by former cia official chad sweet. and thomas rid who is the author of a recent book on cyber warfare. this is one hour and 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much tom. thank you all of you for joining us here today. group. a great from as at this issue very different angle. it is going to be my job to try to sew together the areas they agree on and what they disagree on. introduced inbeen my plan for the evening is to have a conversation for 40-45 minutes and then open it up to all of you and then to all of you who are watching this on the internet. you have a way of sending in questions for the moderator. those are supposed to magically appear on this ipad. if they do not, it is because the nsa has hacked into it and the questions have all been eliminated. recently wit

your questions for christina hoff sommers beginning new eastern for three hours. looking ahead joining marc levine on jake you very fifth. the first sunday of every month on c-span2. [applause] >> it is hardly a secret the terms of political discourse are not exactly models of precision. considering the way terms are used, it is next to impossible to try to give a meaningful answer to such questions as what is this -- socialism or capitalism or what's are back -- markets? that is even more true of the term anarchism as pointed out. it is a subject of varied use but also extreme of use sometimes by bitter enemies unfortunately by people hold the of manner high. so much so as the variation that's it resisted a simple characterization the only way i can see to redress some questioned what is anarchism is to identify the being ideas that animate and at least major currents of the rich and complex and often contradictory traditions of the anarchist thought and action. of sensible approach can start with the remarks of to be the important manner of the intellectual i wi

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. >> guest: we've been talking with author and scholar christina hoff sommers. she has written the books "who stole feminism?: how women have betrayed women", "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our young men" and the new addition this year. ..

up next, author and scholar christina hoff summers, feminism critic and former philosophy professor talk about ethics in everyday life, the current state of feminism and policies she says harm young men. the resident scholar of

your questions for christina hoff sommers beginning new eastern for three hours. looking ahead joining marc levine on jake you very fifth. the first sunday of every month on c-span2.

. >> host: christina hoff sommers in a recent atlantic article, you write that women in the u.s. now earn 62% of associations degrees. 60% of master's degrees, 52% of doctorates, college admissions officers were at first baffled, then concerned and finally pan bicked over the dearth of male -- panicked over the dearth of male applicants. in male enrollment falls below 40%, females given to flee. schools near the tipping point are helplessly watching as their campuses become like retirement villages with a sur fate of women competing for handful of surviving men. >> guest: yes. there are campuses that are looking at 60% female, 62%, 65. it seems to get worse even year. and they are, yes, i would say panicked. i was visiting with an administrator at the college of william and mary who said, you know, we're the college of william and harry, not the college of mary and mary. there's one education alstadt sticks who said if current trends continue by the year 2068, the last male will graduate from college. he was being facetious, but there's a grain of truth. it's quite a mystery why