Episode 13
Navigating Gender, Feminism and Masculinity in Faith and Culture
Featuring Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers
March 18, 2026
Cornerstone University’s Wisdom and Influence podcast welcomes Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers — senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, former professor of philosophy, and author of The War Against Boys, Who Stole Feminism, and Freedom Feminism — for a wide-ranging conversation on feminism, gender, and American culture. Host Gerson Moreno-Riaño and Dr. Hoff Sommers draw a critical distinction between classical liberal feminism, rooted in Enlightenment principles of equal opportunity, and a gender ideology shaped by Marxist frameworks that cast men as oppressors and women as an oppressed class. The discussion examines the educational and social challenges facing boys and young men — declining literacy, fatherlessness, disappearing male role models in schools, and over-medication — while also exploring Christianity’s historical role in women’s liberation, the importance of virtue and character formation over purely therapeutic approaches to well-being, and the erosion of free speech on college campuses. Listeners will gain a clearer understanding of how competing visions of feminism shape contemporary debates about education, family, faith, and the future of American culture.