Feminism Dethrones Ketchup King

Heinz is in the toilet and it's all women's fault.

Klein describes himself as a psychiatrist in his mid-60s who's concerned by "the relentless destruction of stable family life in America." The root cause of the malaise, according to Klein, is rampant "feminist careerism."

"Obviously, my views are not politically correct. Nobody could be more politically incorrect than Dr. Mark Klein," he says with great pride. "I think in a few years I will be politically correct."

In a few years, he could also be running for president.

Klein says he's considering entering the Republican presidential primaries in 2008 because "the collapse of the American family is such a catastrophe that we in this country need new leadership, and I'm prepared to do that."

"I'm probably the darkest of all the dark horses you could imagine," he says.

In the meantime, Klein will be on the ballot when Heinz shareholders convene Aug. 23 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. Klein, who owns 1,642 Heinz shares, is sponsoring a resolution calling for the ketchup king to hire an investment banker to explore the sale of the company.
[...]
Klein's basic argument is that Heinz is a company going nowhere. Like other food companies, it's in a bind over what he says is an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, diseases more Americans are inflicted with because their moms aren't home to prepare and serve home-cooked meals.

He says that as parents, investors can't afford to own Heinz because the cost of a home and college education is going up faster than the price of Heinz shares. Epidemiological consequences aside, Klein believes Heinz should sell itself, preferably to private equity investors who could generate better returns on the company's well-known brands.

You'll find the vague outlines of his argument in materials recently served to Heinz shareholders. But the meat and potatoes, as it were, of Klein's proxy statement addresses what he calls "the profoundly negative social and economic train wreck wrought by feminist careerism."

"With both parents working full time, too few adults and children eat nutritious, portion-controlled, home-cooked meals," he warns shareholders. "To reverse the epidemic, more mothers need to be at home to prepare nutritious balanced meals and supervise the childrens' snacking."

Klein's argument at Heinz is more elaborate than the bare-bones case he presented when he unsuccessfully sponsored a similar resolution at Kellogg's shareholder meeting in April. That effort was accompanied by a demonstration by fathers' rights activists, a sideshow he'd like to orchestrate when Heinz shareholders meet. Klein says battling Kellogg's made him realize the proxy statement can be a bully pulpit for arguing social as well as shareholder issues.

"The social message of the feminist catastrophe and what it has done to America is the second pillar why I'm doing this," he says. "This is my opportunity to reach a very significant audience with ideas they generally don't hear."

I guess I have to laugh even though I know guys like this are dead serious and their views are right in line with the religious conservative (Taliban-esque) ideals that would send us back to the dark ages. What's sad is that decades after the fact, men like this still don't take any responsibility for the reasons that feminism arose and refuse to take anymore responsibility for the family than they did "in the good old days."