Problem Isn’t Feminism

In her latest fact-free diatribe, Norah Vincent (Commentary, July 11) claims ‘feminist soldiers’ are clamoring to anoint Andrea Yates (the woman who drowned her five kids) a victim of the patriarchy--though, of course, Vincent isn’t able to name a single such perpetrator. Had she consulted any feminists, she might know that feminism has always espoused responsibility for one’s actions as an essential ingredient of self-determination.

Maybe the problem isn’t feminists offering blanket gender pardons regardless of the evidence, but Vincent disregarding the evidence to hand out a blanket condemnation of feminism.

Susan Faludi

Los Angeles