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Barbara kay on institutional feminism and misandry
Barbara Kay is a columnist for the Canadian newspaper National Post and a member of the Board of Governors of the conservative student newspaper, The Prince Arthur Herald. Her son is formerThe Walrus editor-in-chief Jonathan Kay. Barbara Kay has become known for her critical views on the rise of feminism and what she sees as double standards to the detriment of men.
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- Barbara kay on institutional feminism and misandry
- icmi14 barbara kay
- Early life and education
- Career
- Controversies
- Publications
- References
icmi14 barbara kay
Early life and education
Born in 1943, Kay studied at the University of Toronto where she earned an undergraduate degree in English literature. She received a Master of Arts from McGill University in 1966 and subsequently taught literature at Concordia University and several CEGEPs.
Career
Kay began her journalism career as a book reviewer. During the 1990s, she joined the board and writing staff of the revived Cité libre. Afterward, Kay branched out into writing op/eds for the Post before becoming a columnist in 2003.
Barbara Kay joined Ezra Levant's conservative online media channel The Rebel, in 2017, as its Montreal correspondent.
Controversies
In 2006 she was criticized for a series of articles accusing Quebec politicians of supporting Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. In 2007, the Quebec Press Council released a decision condemning Kay for "undue provocation" and "generalizations suitable to perpetuate prejudices".
In 2007, she wrote a column titled "Not in my backyard, either" in which she criticized Hasidic Jews for not integrating into the neighbourhoods in which they live and for being "self-segregating" and "cult-like". In 2008, she wrote another column criticizing Hasids in the Toronto area.
In 2013, Kay published an article sympathising with Serena Williams' Rolling Stone statement regarding the Steubenville rape case. In a response to a comment, she said, "Ours is not a rape culture. If it were, our girls would be walking around in burqas". Further debate over what constitutes rape culture came in February 2014 when Kay criticized universities for exaggerating the prevalence of rape. Her claim that prudent women face a "statistically nugatory" chance of being assaulted was referred to as "irresponsible nonsense" by Toula Drimonis and Ethan Cox.