Cavuto hosted "anti-feminist attorney" Den Hollander, who advocated "cut[ting] out the feminazi, feminist women's studies programs" at Columbia
SUMMARY: Fox News' Neil Cavuto interviewed "anti-feminist attorney" Roy Den Hollander, who discussed his lawsuit against Columbia University for offering a women's studies program "but not a men's studies program." Den Hollander said: "[C]ut out the feminazi, feminist women's studies programs and bring back varsity sports, and you're going to do a lot better for the university." Den Hollander later said that women "are a suspect class. Every time they open their mouths, I begin to suspect something."
On the August 20 edition of Fox News' Your World, host Neil Cavuto interviewed "anti-feminist attorney" Roy Den Hollander, who discussed his lawsuit against Columbia University for offering a women's studies program "but not a men's studies program." During the segment, after referring to the previous segment's guest, Fox Business Network host Dave Ramsey, who discussed the high costs of today's colleges and universities, Den Hollander said: "[C]ut out the feminazi, feminist women's studies programs and bring back varsity sports, and you're going to do a lot better for the university." Den Hollander also stated, "If a guy takes a women's studies course, what's going to happen to him? The girls in the class are basically going to walk all over them in their stiletto heels, which may not be too bad," and later said that women "are a suspect class. Every time they open their mouths, I begin to suspect something." As Media Matters for America has documented, Den Hollander is only the latest guest to make overtly sexist comments on Cavuto's program.
Indeed, on the April 10 edition of Your World, Cavuto and Marc Rudov, radio host and author of The Man's No-Nonsense Guide to Women: How to Succeed in Romance on Planet Earth (MHR Enterprises, 2004) and Under the Clitoral Hood: How to Crank Her Engine Without Cash, Booze, or Jumper Cables (MHR Enterprises, 2007), discussed comments by Sir Elton John at an April 9 fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton during which John stated that he was "amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country." Rudov stated, "Hillary Clinton, who's living by the gender sword, is going to be dying by the gender sword. She sends in Elton John to do her hissing when she's having a catfight with America." Rudov further stated, "This is a gynocracy. ... The reason that Hillary is losing is because people don't like her. That's all it is." Fox News legal analyst and University of Washington associate professor of law Lis Wiehl responded: "It's the old thing, Marc, of if a woman is aggressive, then she's, again, the B-word. If a man is aggressive, he's just assertive and claiming his own." Rudov later said: "The woman is not called a B-word because she's assertive and aggressive; she's called a B-word because she acts like one."
On his website, Den Hollander explains that the purpose of his lawsuit against Columbia University is "to find the Columbia University Women's Studies program unconstitutional for using government aid to preach the religious belief system 'Feminism' and for discriminating against men." Also on his website, Den Hollander describes the Violence Against Women Act as the "Female Fraud Act."
From the August 20 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto:
CAVUTO: All right, so are women's studies courses spreading prejudice and bigotry toward men? Well, my next guest thinks so -- so much so that he is suing Columbia University. He's anti-feminist attorney Roy Den Hollander. Why Columbia?
DEN HOLLANDER: 'Cause I went there. I graduated there, and so that gives me standing. But going back to what your past guest said, cut out the feminazi, feminist women's studies programs and bring back varsity sports, and you're going to do a lot better for the university.
CAVUTO: But what is Columbia doing that ticks you off?
DEN HOLLANDER: Well, what Columbia is doing is it's presenting a women's studies program but not a men's studies program. So what the complaint charges is that women's studies is really -- which teaches feminism, they state that they're teaching feminism -- and so the teaching of feminism -- I'm arguing that feminism is a religion. Now, religion doesn't require a god.
CAVUTO: And what have they told you? Where is this going?
DEN HOLLANDER: Well, it hasn't -- it just started. I just filed the case, so --
CAVUTO: You want to cancel that course?
DEN HOLLANDER: Well, it's appropriate --
CAVUTO: What if there's a sort of 'men-ism' course? You be OK with it?
DEN HOLLANDER: No, it's a program. It's not just courses, you understand, it's a program --
CAVUTO: Oh, it's part of a whole mindset --
DEN HOLLANDER: It's a network situation. It's a way for girls to acquire jobs, it's a training [unintelligible] --
CAVUTO: We should say we tried to get a statement from Columbia on this, and we couldn't get one from them. But your point is that it's showing an inherent kind of a bias.
DEN HOLLANDER: A definite bias. Because girls can benefit from women's studies, but guys aren't going to benefit. If a guy takes a women's studies course, what's going to happen to him? The girls in the class are gonna basically walk all over him in their stiletto heels, which may not be too bad --
CAVUTO: Stop, stop, stop. All right, so you're saying that it's unfair for women who, you know, for years and even up to now, have not earned as much or gotten ahead as much, to get a little bit more exposure in school, that's too bad?
DEN HOLLANDER: That's not -- no, that's not -- what you're talking about is affirmative action. And what legally, that says that girls are a suspect class. And yes, they are a suspect class. Every time they open their mouths, I begin to suspect something. The point is --
CAVUTO: You have issues, don't you?
DEN HOLLANDER: No, the point is, if you look at equal pay per unit of time, or equal pay, or pay per unit of risk, girls are making more than guys.
CAVUTO: Are they really?
DEN HOLLANDER: Girls control nearly 60 percent of the wealth in this country. And if you want to look at the real oppressors, you look at who lives longer, who -- on whom most of the health dollars are spent --
CAVUTO: Roy, you're angry. You're very angry.
DEN HOLLANDER: -- and who eats more. Oh, absolutely. But only against the feminists.
CAVUTO: All right. And Columbia. All right, Roy, thank you. I want to keep track of this, my friend. Thank you very much.
DEN HOLLANDER: I'll keep you up to date. Thank you.















"cut his mike!"
All you need to know about fox and "fair and balanced".
No one cut off Jackson's mike. If they had cut it like you wish they had, you bedwetters wouldn't have been able to hear Jackson's "nuts" comment.
Funny. I was thinking the same thing about this guy.
He is absolutely threatened by women, to the point of continuously calling them "girls," which in his mind gives him power because he's a man (supposedly).
DEN HOLLANDER: 'Cause I went there. I graduated there, and so that gives me standing. But going back to what your past guest said, cut out the feminazi, feminist women's studies programs and bring back varsity sports, and you're going to do a lot better for the university.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/teams/colum/
They do have varsity sports (which refutes his point), but man are they pitiful... But FWIR, athletic success coupled with academic success can bring a lot more students to a school.
Also, isn't "feminazi" Limbaugh's term? I thought they were all very territorial of their labels here...
CAVUTO: But what is Columbia doing that ticks you off?
DEN HOLLANDER: Well, what Columbia is doing is it's presenting a women's studies program but not a men's studies program. So what the complaint charges is that women's studies is really -- which teaches feminism, they state that they're teaching feminism -- and so the teaching of feminism -- I'm arguing that feminism is a religion. Now, religion doesn't require a god.
OK, I can go for the whole "men's studies" to complement the "women's studies", but for the rest of his statement... I don't know, it reads American English but for some reason it requires translation beyond my means...
I think the guy slipped when he said "feminazi" on Fox News. As you can see from his MySpace page (yes, he's a lawyer so of course that means he has a 12-year-old's weblife), he does not seem to have the guts to use Rush's cock-and-ballbag pejorative:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=93824748
Well, what Columbia is doing is it's presenting a women's studies program but not a men's studies program.
Everything else is men's studies.
That's not what Carlile said. Of course they do well. I bet you would do well in a women's studies program, too.
I took a women's studies course in undergrad just to see what the fuss was about.
1. I wasn't the only guy in the class.
2. There was absolutely no man-hate that I could detect.
3. The only thing I specifically remember was reading a lot of Maya Angelou, which I frankly found a little dull after the 2nd or 3rd poem.
We also talked about Helen Thomas for an entire class period. The consensus was: "Helen Thomas rocks."
Now I am all for cutting waste on any government funded silliness, and a women's studies course may or may not fall into that category, I have no idea......but a lawsuit? We are clogging up our courts so some loopy anti-feminist can get a booking on Fox News, or puff his chest out over this nonsense?
Ridiculous.
Dang.
Oops, that darned outside voice again!
If you're in the food court, yes, it counts. If you're hiding under the department store lingerie counter, no, it doesn't. :)
Hehehe...only at Victoria Secrets ;-)
I also study them at the beach.
In fact I study them nearly everywhere...
Guess that means I've earned a Masters Degree in Feminist Women Studies :-)
And those must be the women Hollander was referring to:
DEN HOLLANDER: No, the point is, if you look at equal pay per unit of time, or equal pay, or pay per unit of risk, girls are making more than guys.
*wink wink*
Oh yeah? Couldn't post right the first time?
Told you.
That sounded like a weak comeback/1UP...
JMO
Now I am all for cutting waste on any government funded silliness, and a women's studies course may or may not fall into that category, I have no idea.
No you don't. Columbia is a private school.
"Ridiculous."
It's just his opinion, isn't he? He's entitled to say what he thinks, after all. Why get all riled up about someone's opinion? Just ignore it and he'll go away.
Hi Tommy,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Columbia is a private school, no? This would probably tell us that the public isn't paying for it. As an aside, is he serious about his point about Columbia being able to ADD revenue by adding sports? Columbia already has football and basketball, are the minor sports bigger $$ generators at Ivy League schools?
I googled this guy and found this
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article4568104.ece
Roger Ailes is promoting this stuff ???
Thanks for the link, Wolf. This guy is quite a character.
And he's not too bright, suing nightclubs for having Ladies' Nights and then complaining that it's hard to get "pretty young ladies" and "girls who are in their athletic prime" to have casual sex with him.
No wonder his ex-wife chose her career (she's a stripper) over him.
Let's see, the KKK, stormfront, white supremicists, Hagee's church, Robert's church, ...
Man, that was just off the top o me head.
1. There is no such thing as "feminazis."
2. No one chooses to be gay.
What about Republicans who choose to be gay? What about Muslims who are registered Republicans? What would you say about them?
Wuss, did you think no one would notice your "choose to be gay" line?
"...and bring back varsity sports, and you're going to do a lot better for the university."
Aren't varsity sports the only college programs that actually receive adequate funding? What a moron!
"just a "Feminist Studies" class seems to be a wasteful endeavor that would provoke hostility among male students."
Sound like the best reason to keep having the studies to me.
Zam,
I thought the course he was mad at was just the "Women's Studies" course. I think Hollander added the "feminist" adjective to demonize the program a bit more. I don't think there is a "Feminist Women's Studies" program.
Den Hollander might be satisfied if Columbia offered this course for their Women's Studies Program (thanks Neon)
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Conservatives are not in favor of academic freedom- they just want to end areas of study that undermine their fictitious portrayal of America and its history.
What the hell would a men's studies program be? The same reason why their is no White Studies class, because the dominant demographic can be studied by examining its its aspects in general overview classes.
Anti-feminist= get women back in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant
Anti-abortion=anti-feminist
Conservatives loathe female participation in mainstream culture because it is an affront to the old days when rich white men controlled the country. Conservatism is anti-woman and anti-minority at its core.
A History of NASCAR
Basic Urinal Etiquette
Your Prostate and You
Beer Gut Mitigation
as taught by Adjunct Professor Hollander...
I wonder if this guy has any daughters. I wonder what he thinks of his mother.
I wonder what his mother thinks of him.
I wonder why Faux News continues to show contempt and hate for women.
I went to college in the 70s. I was a literature major. In four years they taught ONE woman, Emily Dickinsen. That's why Women's Studies evolved - I finally read the Brontes in a women's studies class. But I suppose that' a waste of money, eh? Whoever wrote here "the rest IS men's studies" got it right. People need to know the history of this. Now it may be that all these studies will one day be redundant, but this guy's argument seems really dated and, frankly, kind of like a hysterical closeted man. I think Fox is really losing it hear. Its so Jerry Springer.