Christina Marie Hoff Sommers (born September 28, 1950)[1] is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.[2][3][4] Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism.[5][6][7] Her work includes the books Who Stole Feminism? (1994) and The War Against Boys (2000). She also hosts a video blog called The Factual Feminist.
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| Born | Christina Marie Hoff September 28, 1950 Sonoma County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, philosopher, university professor, scholar at the American Enterprise Institute |
| Education | New York University (BA) Brandeis University (MA, PhD) |
| Notable works | Who Stole Feminism?, The War Against Boys, Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life |
| Spouse | Frederic Tamler Sommers (d. 2014) |
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Sommers' positions and writing have been characterized by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as "equity feminism", a classical-liberal or libertarian feminist perspective holding that the main political role of feminism is to ensure that the right against coercive interference is not infringed.[8] Sommers has contrasted equity feminism with what she terms victim feminism and gender feminism.[9][10] Several writers have described Sommers' positions as anti-feminist.[11][12][13]