(Newser) – Phyllis Schlafly's advice to young men: Don't date feminists, even though "some of them are pretty." Speaking to an all-male student crowd at The Citadel college in South Carolina this week, the so-called "godmother of conservatism" also blamed feminists for drumming up the recent contraception flap in US politics, The Post and Courier reports. "Contraception is not controversial," said the 87-year-old. "The issue is not access. It’s who’s going to pay for it.”

"Feminist is a bad word and everything they stand for is bad," she went on. "Find out if your girlfriend is a feminist before you get too far into it. Some of them are pretty. They don’t all look like Bella Abzug.” Schlafly made waves in the 1970s, when her small group spearheaded a successful charge to stop states from ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. Now, she says, young conservatives must do the same: “It’s important to look at what might happen in 100 years." Hat tip to RawStory for the link. (Read more Phyllis Schlafly stories.)

