NEW YORK, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philosopher and author Alice Von Hildebrand, wife of famed philosopher Dietrich Von Hildebrand, has authored a book entitled “The Privilege of Being a Woman.” In an interview with Zenit News last week, Von Hildebrand laid out the roots of feminism, pointing out that it attacks femininity. “The poison of secularism has penetrated deeply into our society. It did so by stages. Men were its first victims: They became more and more convinced that in order to be someone they had to succeed in the world. Success means money, power, fame, recognition, creativity, inventiveness, etc. Many of them sacrificed their family life in order to achieve this goal: They came home just to relax or have fun. Work was the serious part of their life,” she told Zenit.
Of feminism Von Hildebrand says, “The amazing thing is that feminism, instead of making women more profoundly aware of the beauty and dignity of their role as wives, as mothers, and of the spiritual power that they can exercise over their husbands, convinced them that they, too, had to adopt a secularist mentality: They, too, should enter the work force; they, too, should prove to themselves that they were someone by getting diplomas, competing with men in the work market, showing that they were their equals and—when given opportunities—could outsmart them. They let themselves become convinced that femininity meant weakness. They started to look down upon virtues—such as patience, selflessness, self-giving, tenderness—and aimed at becoming like men in all things.” For the complete Zenit interview see: https://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=45243