Wendy McElroy (born 1951) is a Canadian individualist feminist and

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of ''The Voluntaryist'' magazine in 1982 and is the author of a number of books. McElroy is the editor of the website ifeminists.net. Wendy McElroy 16 September 2006 AM 2

McElroy is the author of the book ''Rape Culture Hysteria'', in which she contends that

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is a result of popular hysteria to the disadvantage of men, and in particular, white men. In November 2014, McElroy was scheduled to debate

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at a

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Janus Forum debate on "How Should Colleges Handle Sexual Assault?". Before the debate, Brown President

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sent out a campus-wide e-mail saying she disagreed with McElroy's views, and set up an alternative event at the same time to compete with the debate. The actions of Brown students and Paxson were criticized by various commentators.

Published works

; Books * ''National Identification Systems: Essays in Opposition'', by

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, Wendy McElroy, 2004 * ''Debates of Liberty: An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881–1908'', 2003 * * ''Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women'', 2001 * ''Dissenting Electorate: Those Who Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their Opposition'' by Carl Watner, Wendy McElroy, 2001 * ''Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles'', 2001 * ''Queen Silver: The Godless Girl'' (Women's Studies (Amherst, NY), Queen Selections Silver, 1999 – about her friend Queen Selections Silver. * ''Freedom, Feminism, and the State'' by Wendy McElroy, Lewis Perry, 1999 * ''The Reasonable Woman: A Guide to Intellectual Survival'', 1998 *
XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography
' Prelude Press, 1995, * ''Liberty, 1881–1908: A Comprehensive Index'', 1982 ; Articles * ** ** ** ** ** **

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