Is feminism a form of sexism?

Vincent J. Curtis

23 Apr 2019

Can anyone be more sexist than a feminist?

In an advertisement for a podcast disguised as an opinion piece, Liberal strategist Tiffany Gooch laments the change in the sexual composition of the First Ministers of Canada.  In 2013, she writes, there were six women, and now there are none.  At one point female First Ministers represented 87 percent of Canadians; and now – zip!

In 2013, the premiers "took a collaborative approach” on sensitive issues like affordable housing, health care, and (sob!) cyber-bullying.  Now, it’s nothing but cigars and combat, combatting federal plans to address climate change specifically.  She goes on to ask, “why don’t we see more women in Canada’s most senior political roles?”

Well, it can’t be sexism.  As Tiffany admitted, we’ve done the feminist thing.  Having climbed that mountain, we’ve moved on to other things, things determined by pressing need.  But the golden age for Tiffany was when women were elected just because they were women, and her conference is about bringing back that golden age.

Diversity for the sake of it is foolish, and as a concept is just as sexist and racist as what it claims to protest against.  Merit alone is the only self-consistent value system.

It would break Tiffany’s heart to say that her feminist golden age was a failed experiment and Canada has moved on.
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