Henry Makow is the inventor of the board game SCRUPLES. He has a Ph.D in English Literature from the University of Toronto and teaches about gender.

A Long Way to go for a Date is the story of a masculine fantasy. Imagine going to a Pacific island to meet and court a beautiful young Malay girl who promises to be loving and submissive. What happens when you marry and bring her home?

It is also a protest against the sexual climate on this continent, which pits men and women against each other and forces thousands of men like me to look abroad.

Finally it's the story of my fumbling quest for masculine identity. Men only become men, in relation to women, and vice-versa.

What is the premise of your book?

Loving relationships are essential for personal growth and happiness. Feminism has coerced women into assuming the male sex role and denigrating the female one. As a result, men have difficulty finding suitable partners and must look abroad to cultures where femininity is still understood and honored.

Why did you write this book?

Women are always sharing their intimate experience. It's time men did the same. Also, I wanted to show that men are interested in love, not only sex. Also, men behave honorably toward women and often are victimized by women and feminist hysteria, enforced by government and media.

What is your critique of feminism?

What I am about to say sounds unbelievable. It's hard to describe fanatics without sounding like one. The original goals of feminism, economic and political equality, have largely been achieved. Feminism is now a Trojan Horse for the ideas of lesbian fanatics, -- Andrea Dworkin, Adrienne Rich, and Alison Jagger to name a few -- who are dedicated to undermining heterosexuality and the nuclear family. (See: Rene Denfeld, The New Victorians, Simon and Schuster, 1995.) Feminists today believe that heterosexuality is intrinsically oppressive, and lesbianism is the only alternative for women. They believe Western culture and society needs to be "reformulated" by feminists because it was created by men ("the patriarchy"). With the help of naïve, opportunistic and emasculated men, they have taken power in the education and legal systems, in the media and federal bureaucracy. These fanatics who would not touch a genetically engineered apple are trying to erase the inherent male-female dichotomy of humanity, the yin-yang at the heart of the universe.

What has been the effect of feminism?

Feminists relentlessly advance the idea that our inherent male and female characteristics, crucial to our development as human beings, are mere "stereotypes." This is a vicious calumny on all heterosexuals, 95% of the population. Talk about hate! Yet it is taught to children in elementary schools! It is echoed in the media. Lesbians like Rosie O'Donnell are advanced as role models.

All of this is calculated to create personal confusion and sow chaos among heterosexuals. As a result, millions of American males are emasculated and divorced from their relationship to family (the world and the future.) The American woman has been hoodwinked into investing herself in a mundane career instead of the timeless love of her husband and children. Many women have become temperamentally unfit to be wives and mothers. People, who are isolated and alone, stunted and love-starved, are easy to fool and manipulate. Without the healthy influence of two loving parents, so are their children.

Feminism is a grotesque fraud perpetrated on society by its governing elite. It is designed to weaken the American social and cultural fabric in order to introduce a friendly fascist New World Order. Its advocates are sanctimonious charlatans who have grown rich and powerful from it. They include a whole class of liars and moral cripples who work for the elite in various capacities: government, education and the media. These imposters ought to be exposed and ridiculed.

Women's oppression is a lie. Sex roles were never as rigid as feminists would have us believe. My mother had a successful business in the 1950's importing watch straps from Switzerland. When my father's income increased, she was content to quit and concentrate on the children. Women were free to pursue careers if they wanted to. The difference was that their role as wife and mother was understood, and socially validated, as it should be.

Do you really believe women should be submissive?

By submissive I don't mean subservient. I believe that God is Love and a loving marriage and family is the path by which most heterosexuals will find fulfillment, and transcendence. A man wants to possess a woman with his love and a woman wants to be possessed by it. For this to take place, a man must earn a women's trust and she must then accept his leadership.

Love is mystical and undefinable. It does not conform to crude political formulations like equality. Heterosexual marriage is like a ballroom dance. The man leads; the woman follows. The woman chooses her dance partner. As in a dance, neither partner is more important. Each plays his part and the result can be beautiful.

Men cannot love women who want to lead. If women seek power, they become masculine. Women on this continent are forced to be both sexes at the same time, and it's driving everyone crazy.

Does this "paradise" where women are feminine and traditional actually exist?

The corrupting influence of feminism is spreading around the world. But I believe that in Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and especially in Latin American, feminine women still can be found. I also believe there are millions of feminine women in North America usually those who chose not to pursue demanding careers.

Do you think it's possible for ambitious career women to retain their femininity?

Yes. But it's walking a tightrope. My sister, a career woman told me, "It's a man's world. If you want to succeed, you must become a man."

Do you think women should not pursue careers?

Not at all. Everyone should be able to pursue fulfillment in their own way. But I think most women find greatest fulfillment in loving relationships. They should make being a wife and mother their first priority.