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Wendy McElroy (born 1951) is a Canadian individualist feminist and voluntaryist writer. She was a co-founder along with
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George H. Smith George Hamilton Smith (February 10, 1949 – April 8, 2022) was an American author, editor, educator, and speaker, known for his writings on atheism and libertarianism. Biography Smith grew up mostly in Tucson, Arizona, and attended the Unive ...
of ''The Voluntaryist'' magazine in 1982 and is the author of a number of books. McElroy is the editor of the website ifeminists.net. McElroy is the author of the book ''Rape Culture Hysteria'', in which she contends that
rape culture Rape culture is a setting, studied by several sociological theories, in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, slut-s ...
is a result of popular hysteria to the disadvantage of men, and in particular, white men. In November 2014, McElroy was scheduled to debate
Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti (; born November 1, 1978) is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of five books: ''Full Frontal Feminism'' (2007), ''He's a Stud, ...
at a Brown University Janus Forum debate on "How Should Colleges Handle Sexual Assault?". Before the debate, Brown President Christina Paxson 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
Carl Watner Voluntaryism (,"Voluntaryism"
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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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