Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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book,
The Inevitability of Patriarchy,
which has
earned him some shrill abuse from feminists
in America (“Fascist Pig” and “Male Sadist”
are two of the milder epithets), and has upset
a few here, too, since he arrived to launch the
British publication. “The feminists hate me,”
Goldberg told me cheerfully, “I like to think
their intense wrath stems from my inherent
rightness. Putting it simply, I believe that the
universality of male dominance in all societies
cannot be explained by social conditioning.”
But it can be explained by the male hormone
testosterone which “programmes” the infant
male for a life of greater aggression and
dominance while he is still in the womb.
That’s why little boys are clearly more
aggressive than little girls even before they’ve
had a chance to be socially conditioned. And
in later life, same dominance means that men
are far more ready to sacrifice holidays, health
and family for the sake of their career. In truth
the feminist case is none too strong. If it really
were true that male dominance was due to
social conditioning rather than innate male
