Madam, – While I welcome Sarah Carey’s acceptance of injustice against men (Opinion, June 9th), she seems strangely willing to veer into sexism: “that instinctive suspicion of men as uninterested impregnators and unwilling fathers is hard to shift”.
Of course, she's entitled to her opinion and The Irish Timesis entitled to publish it, but to which page should I turn to read corresponding comments written by men and describing women in similar terms?
The "Have Your Say" section of your website had a lively selection of comments, some agreeing with Ms Carey and some not, but the most striking thing was that her supporters were saying things which could be read in the pages of The Irish Timesany day of the week, whereas her detractors spoke with voices which are almost entirely absent from your paper. John Waters may or may not be right when he points to "feminist-conditioned journalists", but the contrast between the website and the paper surely proves that the press definitely has a blind spot. This may make for cosy reading in the Opinion pages, but it also makes for sterile argument.
I have to admit I smiled when Ms Carey described feminism as “self-evidently correct”. Blinkers willingly donned? – Yours, etc,
Madam, – I had to hide the paper (June 9th) from my children and servants lest they happen upon your Enfield correspondent’s vile calumny on the male of the species.
Far from being “uninterested impregnators”, most males are keenly interested in this subject and sometimes even desist from their sporting preoccupations to pursue it in a single-minded way. Usually late in the evening.
Regarding the conspiracy of silence against John Waters, I suggest he join it. – Yours, etc,