By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - MacIntyre appears in the bibliography of Leah Libresco Sargeant’s new book, The Dignity of Dependence. He’s referenced by name in the final pages. And for good reason: He’s a key resource among the many Sargeant uses to advance what she describes as a new “feminist manifesto.” That word “feminist” is not a slam-dunk positive for this reviewer. As a husband and father, I’m old enough to remember, in detail, the 1970s. That includes the subsequent course of mainstream, secular feminism and the wreckage it too often wrought.