“For a woman qua woman, the essence of femininity is hero-worship—the desire to look up to man.” (Rand Lexicon, 1968)
Ayn Rand is a prominent philosopher who propagated a philosophy that would appear to be ideal for feminists. Unfortunately, Rand’s views of women, men, and their roles in relationships vary extremely from her philosophy. Rand’s philosophy is entitled Objectivism, and can easily be summarized by the creator herself in one sentence, “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man…
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