In 2015, I was invited by a student-led organization at Williams College to speak on behalf of its “Uncomfortable Learning” program. I remember thinking at the time what a perfect fit it seemed. If there’s one thing my work could be described as in the 21st century, it’s “uncomfortable.”

Of course, several decades ago the underlying message of my work — that men and women are different by nature, that they have unique desires and proclivities that make so-called equality an absurd goal — would have have been viewed as common sense. Today, it’s considered blasphemous.