1. Just a quick research note for a future twitter essay on The New Republic & gender. A quote from a Lionel Abel essay on Arthur Koeslter
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2. "We think it best for humans if at least half of them are happy, and we do not see why the more joyful ones should not be males."
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3. From Lionel Abel's "The Koestler's Pardon," New Republic, October 8, 1984.
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4. When Abel was writing most serious accusations against Koestler (multiple rapes) hadn't been made but he was known to be abusive to women
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5. Abel was trying to quell unease people felt about Koestler possibly coercing his much younger and healthier wife into joint suicide.
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6. So Abel said, basically, "look, relationships bound to be unequal so happier party might as well be men."
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7. Not to dwell on this one piece too much, but it does seem remarkably cavalier in dismissing problem of gender inequality.
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8. Anyways, this is just research note for something I need to think more about -- the offhandedness with which TNR treated feminist issues
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@HeerJeet Worse than that.@sullydish's loathing of Hillary, Sarah Palin (and absurd conspiracy theory re her son) infused by TNR's misogyny1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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