Carrie Gress on How Feminist Movement Drew Ideology From the Occult
INTERVIEW: The English Romantic poet Percy Shelley, who died in 1822 at age 29, played a significant role in developing the ideas of the\xa0feminist movement, author Carrie Gress says.\xa0\n\nIdeas of the \u201cthe occult, smashing the patriarchy, and free love\u201d played a significant role in Shelley\u2019s writing and ideology, says Gress, author of the new book \u201cThe End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us.\u201d\n\nShelley was a \u201cbarbaric man\u201d who was \u201cinvolved in the occult,\u201d Gress says. His wife was Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d she notes, and Shelley drew on the ideas of her parents\u2014a vision of a \u201cwomen\u2019s revolution where there\u2019s no monogamy, there\u2019s no marriage, all of these things are just erased, and people just live this bucolic life without any reference to their\xa0human nature.\u201d\xa0\n\nShelley\u2019s ideology contributed to the modern feminist movement, a movement that has led to what Gress calls \u201cThe End of Woman.\u201d\n\nGress, also a fellow at the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center, joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss the history of\xa0feminism\xa0and explain how the feminist movement has harmed women and left women unfulfilled.\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.