Sir, - The current outbreak of chauninist charivari is creating a whole new jargon, and has brought Tom Gill (January 4th) to write that the objective of the feminist movement is "the domination of the male gender through the reconstruction of his masculinity, among other subtle means".
Subtle?
I certainly hope that his apprehensions regarding his masculinity have not been fulfilled, but I have to agree that the movement that could provoke, induce or even engender his resort to that kind of language is greatly to be feared. Now, if he had said that some of those feminists need to have their masculinity deconstructed, I couldn't disagree either. - Yours, etc.,
Frank Farrell, Lakelands Close, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.