The Rational Female

I will be LIVE on YouTube next Tuesday (27th October) at 6.30PM UK time via my author channel. I'll be interviewing Ben Reeves, a great author I have known for several years, who had his novel "Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt" traditionally published earlier this year.

NOTE: I ordered the book from Amazon a few months ago and it said it wouldn't arrive until February 2027. I just realised that I ordered the paperback version, so I cancelled the order just now and ordered the hardback which will arrive in a couple of days.

This thumbnail was kindly created by ChatGPT. Looks pretty real, eh...

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This is a video discussion I was in about feminism several months back, as part of an online politics group I regularly attend. All of the folks in this video have been guests on The Rational Female Podcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlT5t...

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This is my general experience of men vs women, and it’s shaped my overarching anti-feminist worldview.

We often hear that women are the “gentler” sex while men are a bit colder. I see the opposite.

In my experience, men tend to be softer, kinder, and gentler. I find men are more sincere, honourable, and more decent than women, and at worst tend to be slightly awkward or insecure. The only thing that makes me uncomfortable around men is unwanted sexual attention. In most cases this is quite harmless, and most (not all) men DO respect boundaries. I would say that I find men to be a bit “nicer” and more forgiving than women overall.

By contrast, I find that women tend to be more hostile, cold, and unforgiving. Condescension, snark, and passive-aggressiveness is what I would dub “toxic feminine behaviour”. Women also tend to be more fake, and more insincere. Women tend to subtly bully other women, and bully men, and often get away with this. Women also enjoy putting down men, making snarky comments about men, and then laughing about this. This is regardless of whether they are feminist or not.

I am far more uncomfortable around large groups of women I do not know than men I do not know, particularly young women (older women not as much). If I walk into a room full of women, I am instantly terrified. Most of them will smile and look friendly, but I am quite distrustful.

I definitely find it easier to get along with men than women, and have rarely fallen out with male friends, while I have fallen out with MANY female friends, often over something ridiculously stupid.

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This next bit is very important.

I find that women who are genuinely kind, tend to be VERY kind. When women are good-hearted, honest, and caring, this comes through very strongly. I have met some lovely women in my life.

The women in my mental health care team are all wonderful women. Same with certain close long-term female friends and family members.

I generally prefer having a female doctor, female therapist, female AA sponsor, and dealing with women in professional environments (i.e. having a female cut my hair or do my eyebrows). A lot of the women I have not had close personal relationships with have been quite wonderful and very professional. I do not see any snark or eye-rolling.

I have known more evil men than evil women in my life. I do think men have a greater tendency towards evil, but also a greater tendency towards good.

I have been personally acquainted with a few men I would consider evil, but only one woman. When I say “evil”, I don’t mean toxic, hostile, unkind or dysfunctional. I mean someone who deliberately inflicts pain onto others and feels little remorse for this.

Evil people are rare, and I do think we are more likely to come across evil men than evil women.

While I find women tend to be “nastier” overall than men, I find men more likely to be evil.

Most people do not know or come across evil people in their lives, so don’t really know what to say to this. Most people will encounter unkind, horrible or toxic people, but not evil people.

I have known MANY women (and girls) who were horrible, but not many who were evil.

I am interested to hear your thoughts on what I have written here, and what your general experiences with others are.

(Note: this is purely anecdotal, and is in no way a conclusive universal truth about men and women. It also does not follow that men are usually kind and women are usually nasty. Men can sometimes “feign” niceness too, e.g. to conceal ulterior motivations for sex, although I find long-term men tend to get over this and don’t display resentment. I also do not want to say that men are “more evil” than women, or that women are “more generally unpleasant” than men. This is all based on personal experiences, and I have had these thoughts for well over a decade.)

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What is the point of reading books?

What is the point of literature?

What is the point of being alive?

If reading is pointless, life is pointless.

An article on the utility of what I do as an author and content creator went out yesterday. I have been doing a lot of reading lately, and found myself wondering...what's the point of this? Why read?

This article explores this. Read it here: therationalf.substack.com/p/am-i-useless

On the subject of books, here are all the books I have read this year (updated), and my general ratings out of 5 stars:

It — Stephen King (read for the second time), 5/5 stars
The Female Brain — Louann Brizendine, 4/5 stars
Revival — Stephen King, 4.5/5 stars
Feminism: Myths, Lies and Ungratefulness — Nick Buckley MBE, 5/5 stars
The Manipulated Man — Esther Vilar, 2/5 stars
Occult Feminism — Rachel Wilson, 2/5 stars
An Urgent Message — A.S.U. Mahmood, 3/5 stars
‘Salem’s Lot — Stephen King, 4/5 stars
Mr In-Between — Neil Cross, 4/5 stars
The Goddess That Failed — Janice Fiamengo, 5/5 stars
Dracula — Bram Stoker, 3/5 stars
Red Snow (short story) — Tania Stephanson, 4/5 stars
Blind Date (short story) — Nick Clausen, 4/5 stars
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson, 3.5/5 stars
The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greene, 5/5 stars

(currently reading) Loving Men, Respecting Women — Tim Goldich, 4/5 stars

The best book I have read this year by far is The 48 Laws of Power. I finished it yesterday and was blown away. It saddened me to finish this after spending three months enjoying it. I was so overcome by emotion I wanted to cry.

EVERYONE should read this book. It is not just a lesson in human psychology, it also draws on history, discussing kings; queens, emperors, con artists, and the like. It's a history lesson and a study in human behaviour. This book has changed my life. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Shockingly, the author Robert Greene is married to a feminist named Anna Biller. No clue what to say about that...

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Are women bad drivers?

This is a funny question I'd like to ask you guys about.

I don't really know or understand where the stereotype/joke about women being bad drivers comes from. I think it’s rather silly. I know women who drive and have thought nothing of it. I imagine it's a good practical skill, for example if you have kids and want to go pick them up.

I don't drive, and none of my close friends in London do. A lot of Londoners don't drive because of public transport and Ubers. I have noticed most Uber drivers tend to be male. I'm usually a bit surprised when a female driver pops up but I don’t have a massive opinion on this nor see female drivers as "bad". I also wouldn't know.

I would imagine men are more likely to engage in road rage (correct me if I'm wrong). Other than that I have no opinion on this.

Do you think women are bad drivers?

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A pleasure to give away yet more books to charity.

I also purchased new copies of books I already own that are in poor condition (and subsequently gave away).

Thank heavens for Goodreads. Helps a super obsessive lady like me stay super organised...

Follow me on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/18169646.Zarina_Mach…

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This sums up my overall thoughts on modern political discourse, feminism and misandry, certain things discussed in men's advocacy spaces, and particularly Cornell 7.

Quote originally taken from Rod Serling with one tiny detail added by me. Created courtesy of ChatGPT.

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An article I wrote was published today on the Substack FairForAll.

**Has a Loss of Community Created a Mental Health Crisis for Today’s Youth?**

It’s no surprise to many that there is a crisis of mental illness sweeping those largely born after 1990. Young people are reporting substantially higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation than previous generations. Better reporting, destigmatisation and advances in psychological medicine account for some, but not all of these changes. Declining social connection is the more serious factor at play.

Read my full article HERE: news.fairforall.org/p/has-a-loss-of-community-crea…

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I am continuously stumped by this.

(Almost) everybody I know personally in the UK who is a Christian is either left-leaning or apolitical.

Even the right-leaning ones are not anti-gays or anti-abortion.

I have personally dated a few Christian men and if they had not told me they were Christian I would not have realised that they were. That's most religious people in the UK (certainly in London).

I am stumped and baffled by those online who genuinely view the world as "atheist = left-wing" and "Christian = right-wing". I cannot tell if such folk are trolling, or just very ignorant. Or on a different note, perhaps that is what they grew up around, so they assume the rest of the world is like this.

Statistically, men are more likely to identify as atheist than women, and women are more likely to identify as religious. From my perspective as an atheist, I think this makes sense. Atheism requires one to think critically, challenge established worldviews and "rebel" against the status quo (most of the world is religious, atheists are a statistical minority). Women tend to be more agreeable than men, and men tend to be better at "going against the grain". Women also tend to be more group-oriented while men tend to be better at being independent, and are not as bothered as "being liked" as women are.

The people historically who have challenged religion in the West have largely been male: Galileo, Charles Darwin, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens. The most famous female I can think of in this sphere is Ayn Rand.

I am becoming more familiar with clear cultural differences between myself as a British person and the way a lot of Americans seem to think. I find it baffling, frustrating and intriguing. One of the reasons why I think my work is *particularly* important is that I bring a fresh perspective BECAUSE I AM BRITISH (and from London, specifically). We NEED more young, British, politically heterodox people to speak out against certain things and contribute to the cultural zeitgeist.

(Note: I am NOT saying that religious people have no critical thinking skills or are all stupid. Obviously plenty of religious/spiritual folk are and have been very intelligent.)

Men vs Women Religious Affiliation: www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/22/women-more…

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Who would you say has generally suffered more historically?

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