Robert, I haven't seen anyone other than me make a conenction between Daly's attitude about men and her attitude about transexuals. Do you have sources?YellowMarigold, here's something I was thinking about posting anyway ..I count myself a libertarian maybe my psyche only has room for one problematic identity. I just believe I'm getting it right, and libertarians who believe in border restrictions are getting it wrong.Daly wasn't just a feminist, she was an influential and respected feminist.What's more, I was tempted to being smug about my Superior Emotional Perceptiveness about Daly until I remembered how much I've been into Ayn Rand (details if you like about what I do and don't agree with from her)[1], and how I still don't see the emotional stench that's obvious to a lot of people from her writing.Elsewhere, I've seen a defense of sorts that any feminist, no matter how mild, will be accused of hating men, so any accusation of hating men might as well be ignored. I've actually seen very little that I'd call hatred of men other than in Daly. (Hothead Paisan might count, though I saw that as amusing revenge fantasies, and was shocked at how much some of the letter writers got into it.)Maybe I'll go read some more Susan Bordo. She's so sane she doesn't seem to get famous.[1]She's the only writer I can think of who put a woman character in charge of a huge piece of infrastructure one that was part of the larger society. Signy Mallory (captain of a big spaceship) doesn't have the same emotional effect, I'd say.