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In reply to the discussion: Why are young feminists so clueless about sex? [View all]MsJaneFuzzyWuzzy
(58 posts)"Bitterness"?
Wente was born in 1950 and at university by the late 60s. I assure you, we who were there had all the sex we wanted, whether that was none or nightly one-night stands.
Observing the sex lives of today's student-age population, I find little to be bitter about, myself, so I can't think what Wente would have. Much as I dislike what she had to say, I would not characterize it as you have.
Basically, she will hop on whatever horse is convenient, to take a charge at feminists and feminism. This is just the latest.
And again, to know what she is talking about, it is important to read the piece she is purporting to critique. Wente is not the originator of the bad-sex thesis she is critiquing; she is rejecting the thesis of the young feminist who wrote it:
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/10/why-consensual-sex-can-still-be-bad.html?wpsrc=nymag