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Writer Malcolm considers togetherness "vulgar and stupid," but she warns that feminism "may be an even more invidious cause of unhappiness and discontent." It may well be, if some of its extreme tenets are adopted. But chances are that society will heed only the movement's legitimate demands. All the rest—motivated by what Helen Lawrenson calls the "splenetic frenzy of hatred for men" voiced by "these sick, silly creatures"—is likely to remain unacceptable to all but the sickest and the silliest.
* Who first rebutted Sexual Politics in an interview published in TIME'S cover story on Kate Millett (Aug. 31).