Even so, I doggedly maintain the hope that women will grow to deserve the rights they have been given. If one treats children as children, they will remain as children; but treat them as adults and they grow up. When will men learn to treat women as adults? When will men learn to respect a woman's independence? When will men learn to be real men and leave women alone!
So, am I then sexist? No, I am not sexist: I am against women of both sexes.
* Since writing this essay back in 1987 my views have changed somewhat. I am no longer of the opinion that woman's lack of consciousness is due overwhelmingly to her upbringing, but now consider her genetic inheritance to play a much larger part. - K.S. 1995
* See appendix for references used in this essay.