Wendy McElroy

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Wendy McElroy in 2006 in Springfield, Illinois

Wendy McElroy (* 1951 ) is a Canadian writer , advocate of individualistic anarchism and feminist .

Live and act

McElroy is a well-known proponent of sex-positive feminism . She supports the free availability of pornography and condemns the efforts of anti- pornographic feminism. In the past, McElroy has repeatedly expressed himself critical of US regulations on the subject of sexual harassment , in particular of the “zero tolerance regulations” that are common in elementary schools there. She regards these as “far too broad and vague” and stresses that the relevant regulations were not based on sound scientific research that would allow responsible regulation to be enacted.

In terms of social policy, McElroy stands in the tradition of North American individual anarchism , as it was formulated and represented by Benjamin Tucker in particular at the end of the 19th century . Her first major work was an inventory and compilation of a detailed index to the magazine Liberty published by Tucker 1881-1908 . Like Tucker, she rejects the form of government of parliamentary democracy and calls for an economic system that is as little state-regulated as possible, a truly free market economy , so, as one of her book titles succinctly says, is of the opinion that previous capitalism is more in contrast to this. McElroy, however, is committed to laissez-faire capitalism .

McElroy wrote a work about her friend Queen Selections Silver under the title Queen Silver: The Godless Girl . Silver is an anarchist ; in spite of politically different opinions, they both share a close friendship.

McElroy writes a regular column on "ifeminists.com", is a member of the liberal-oriented network Liberty and Power and publishes regularly on Lewrockwell.com .

Works

Original editions

  • Carl Watner , Wendy McElroy: National Identification Systems: Essays in Opposition , 2004 ISBN 0-7864-1595-9
  • Debates of Liberty: An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881-1908 , 2003, ISBN 0-7391-0473-X
  • Liberty for Women: Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century , 2002, ISBN 1-56663-435-0
  • Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women , 2001
  • Carl Watner, Wendy McElroy: Dissenting Electorate: Those Who Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their Opposition , 2001
  • Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles , 2001
  • Wendy McElroy, Queen Selections Silver: Queen Silver: The Godless Girl (Women's Studies, Amherst, NY), 1999
  • Wendy McElroy, Lewis Perry: Freedom, Feminism, and the State , 1999
  • The Reasonable Woman: A Guide to Intellectual Survival , 1998
  • Wendy McElroy: XXX: A Women's Right to Pornography , Prelude Pr, 1995, ISBN 0-312-13626-9
  • Liberty, 1881-1908: A Comprehensive Index , 1982

German translations

Web links

Commons : Wendy McElroy  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. lewrockwell.com ( Memento from October 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ cf. lewrockwell.com
  3. ↑ Wendy McElroy : Capitalism versus the free market . In: wendymcelroy.com . June 12, 2007, accessed August 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME McElroy, Wendy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1951