Wendy McElroy
 | This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (September 2015) |
Wendy McElroy | |
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 Wendy McElroy speaking in Springfield, Illinois, September 16, 2006. | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Writer |
Wendy McElroy (born 1951) is a Canadian individualist feminist and anarcho-capitalist. She was a co-founder along with Carl Watner and George H. Smith of The Voluntaryist magazine in 1982 and is the author of a number of books.
Sociopolitical views
Pornography
McElroy has defended the availability of pornography and condemned anti-pornography feminism campaigns.[1]
Rape and sexual harassment
McElroy believes that crime data about rape are extremely inaccurate and that rape culture is a false narrative created by "politically-correct" feminists.[2][3] She is the author of Rape Culture Hysteria in which she contends that rape culture is a result of popular hysteria to the disadvantage of men, and in particular, white men. [4]
She has criticized sexual harassment policies and in particular grade-school zero-tolerance policies - which she considers to be "far too broad and vague" and based on biased reports.[5]
Capitalism and government
In explaining her position in regard to capitalism, McElroy says she has a "marked personal preference for capitalism as the most productive, fair and sensible economic system on the face of the earth," but recognizes that the free market also enables other economic systems.[6] She says what she wants for society is "not necessarily a capitalistic arrangement but a free market system in which everyone can make the peaceful choices they wish with their own bodies and labor", and therefore describes herself as a supporter of free market economics.[6]
She credits Murray Rothbard's book Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles (1962) as being "solely responsible for turning [her] from the advocacy of limited government to a lifetime of work within the individualist-anarchist tradition."[7]
Wikileaks
McElroy has been a vocal defender of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks and its head Julian Assange.[8]
George H. Smith
McElroy has repeatedly worked with George H. Smith, another well-known anarcho-capitalist author. However, in 2015 the relationship between McElroy and Smith became rancorous, to the point where McElroy complained of "sexual slander," victimization and exploitation.[9]
Published works
- Books
- National Identification Systems: Essays in Opposition, by Carl Watner, Wendy McElroy, January 1, 2004 ISBN 0-7864-1595-9
- Debates of Liberty: An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881–1908, February 1, 2003 ISBN 0-7391-0473-X
- Liberty for Women: Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. 2002. ISBN 978-1566634359. OCLC 260069067.
- Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women, June 2001
- Dissenting Electorate: Those Who Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their Opposition by Carl Watner, Wendy McElroy, January 1, 2001
- Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles, January 1, 2001
- Queen Silver: The Godless Girl (Women's Studies (Amherst, N.Y.), Queen Selections Silver, December 1, 1999 – about her friend Queen Selections Silver.
- Freedom, Feminism, and the State by Wendy McElroy, Lewis Perry, February 1, 1999
- The Reasonable Woman: A Guide to Intellectual Survival, April 1, 1998
- XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography Prelude Press, 1995, ISBN 0-312-13626-9
- Liberty, 1881–1908: A Comprehensive Index, January 1982
- Articles
- Contributor (2008). Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Cato Institute. ISBN 978-1-4129-6580-4. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024 https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412965811.
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- Godwin, William (1856–1836). p. 211.
- Price, Richard (1723–1791). pp. 388–89.
- Voltaire (1694–1778). p. 523.
- Voluntarism. p. 524.
- Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759–1797). pp. 545–46.
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See also
- Anarcha-feminism
- Anarcho-capitalism
- Individualist anarchism
- Individualist feminism
- Left-libertarianism
- Left-wing market anarchism
References
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "You Are What You Read?". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Debate with Jessica Valenti on "Rape Culture."". Liberty.me. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "The Big Lie of a "Rape Culture"". The Future of Freedom Foundation. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ Shaw, Jane S. "Is There Really a Rape Culture on Our Campuses?". The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "Sexual Harassment Policies Need Reform". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ a b McElroy, Wendy. "Capitalism versus the free market". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "Rothbard as System-Builder: A Tribute". Liberty Magazine.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "Let a Thousand Leaks Bloom". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy. "Follow Up To My Husband's Open Letter to Sharon Presley".
External links
- Home Page
- ifeminists.net
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Mises.org archive
- LewRockwell.com archive
- Fox News site articles by McElroy
- McElroy columns on The Intellectual Conservative
- An interview with Wendy McElroy
- FEE Authors: Wendy McElroy
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Anarcha-feminists
- Canadian anarchists
- Canadian feminist writers
- Canadian libertarians
- Canadian political writers
- Canadian atheists
- Female critics of feminism
- Feminist studies scholars
- Free-market anarchists
- Individualist anarchists
- Individualist feminists
- Voluntaryists
- Libertarian theorists
- Sex-positive feminists
- Anarchist theorists
- 20th-century atheists
- 21st-century atheists