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In this last context, Branden specifically decried Rand's conclusion that "no woman should aspire to be [[President]] of the [[United States]]." Rand did say that, and her justification of that stance flowed directly, oddly enough, from her theory of [[sex]].

In this last context, Branden specifically decried Rand's conclusion that "no woman should aspire to be [[President]] of the [[United States]]." Rand did say that, and her justification of that stance flowed directly, oddly enough, from her theory of [[sex]].

In this context, Rand had no patience with the proponents and practitioners of [[feminism]] that wer contemporary to her. She once said of them that they complained about the sexual objectification of women, when those doing the complaining were "clearly in no such danger." Yet on the other hand, she regarded homemakers as "uninteresting women," and then suggested that some of them were "[[monster]]s" for advocating, for example, the prohibition of [[abortion]] and restrictions on [[contraception]].

In this context, Rand had no patience with the proponents and practitioners of [[feminism]] that were contemporary to her. She once said of them that they complained about the sexual objectification of women, when those doing the complaining were "clearly in no such danger." Yet on the other hand, she regarded homemakers as "uninteresting women," and then suggested that some of them were "[[monster]]s" for advocating, for example, the prohibition of [[abortion]] and restrictions on [[contraception]].

Rand's surviving friends tend to dismiss Branden's criticism as [[Logical fallacy#Argumentum ad hominem|argumentum ad hominem]] (or perhaps more accurately, ''argumentum ad feminam'') arising out of the rather brutal break-up of Rand and Branden's eighteen-year association. But those arguments tend to commit the same [[logical fallacy]] whereof they accuse Branden. Branden's wife [[Barbara Branden|Barbara]] presents perhaps the most balanced treatment of the Rand-Branden Affair and the ensuing controversy.

Rand's surviving friends tend to dismiss Branden's criticism as [[Logical fallacy#Argumentum ad hominem|argumentum ad hominem]] (or perhaps more accurately, ''argumentum ad feminam'') arising out of the rather brutal break-up of Rand and Branden's eighteen-year association. But those arguments tend to commit the same [[logical fallacy]] whereof they accuse Branden. Branden's wife [[Barbara Branden|Barbara]] presents perhaps the most balanced treatment of the Rand-Branden Affair and the ensuing controversy.