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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comIT USUALLY BEGINS WITH AYN RAND 265more powerful man.” 53 There was a puzzling duality to Rand. Her characterswere iconic strong women, and in her personal life Rand livedmany feminist tenets. All of this was contradicted, however, by her theoryof “man worship” and her consistent depiction of women sexuallysubmitting to men. What made the messages particularly confusing wasRand’s insistence that her views on men and women were rational conclusionsrather than emotional responses. In truth, Rand’s fiction waspart projection, part identification, part fantasy, and accurately reflectedthe tangled sexuality of her life. Setting these contradictions aside,other women focused simply on the positive messages in her fiction.Former Objectivists became active in several organizations dedicatedto “individualist feminism,” and Rand’s work, particularly the characterof Dagny Taggart, was lauded as inspirational by the pioneering tennisgreats Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert. 54Rand’s excoriation of feminism was reflective of her general distemperthroughout the 1970s, a mood that began to alienate even her most loyalfans. At the end of 1971 she terminated publication of The Objectivist,announcing a new fortnightly, The Ayn Rand Letter. The Letter was ashorter publication, written exclusively by Rand with occasional guestappearances by Leonard Peikoff. Again Rand had trouble sticking tothe ambitious publication cycle she set for herself, and the magazine’sappearance was erratic. As the volume of her new writing decreased, herannual speeches to the Ford Hall Forum became an increasingly importantconduit between her and the many readers who continued to trackher every move. The question-and-answer sessions she held after eachlecture were a particular flashpoint.Prompted by her fans, Rand offered a number of controversial stancesthat particularly outraged libertarians. Her statements after the “Age ofEnvy” speech in 1972 were particularly disturbing. Asked about amnestyfor draft dodgers, Rand told her audience that “bums” who didn’twant to fight in Vietnam “deserve to be sent permanently to Russia orSouth Vietnam at the public’s expense.” She praised labor unions andCongressman Henry “Scoop” Jackson, an ardent militarist. Her praisefor Jackson was based on his aggressive stance toward the Soviet Union.Previously Rand tended to downplay the Russian threat, believing itscommand economy could never match the military prowess of theUnited States. Now she became implacably opposed to disarmament or