Interestingly, one of the main functions of this long list of reading matter is to provide accounts for why feminism’s core hypotheses fail to predict or account for basic observations about society: suicide rate, death rate, educational outcomes, incarceration rates, health care priorities, family court priorities, etc.

In the scientific method, the material is referred to as ‘auxiliary theory’ — theory designed to protect the core propositions falsified through observation. Expansion of a research program through auxiliary rather than core theory is the hallmark of pseudoscience. Astrology, phrenology, homeopathy, and intelligent design all have their equivalent of these reading lists for protecting their core theory.

The author should be commended for illustrating just how extensive feminism’s body of auxiliary theory needs to be.