In the 1960s, counterculturists popularized the idea of “The Man,” a patriarchal authority figure against whom one should rebel. When you start from the assumption that “The Man” is always wrong, your political project produces all sorts of strange ideas, as in the case of Ms. West. If “The Man” says that slimness is healthy and beautiful, then it’s good to be fat. If he says that traditional gender roles are best, then it’s good to be nonbinary or transgender. If he says that you should have a job and a nice suburban home, then it’s good to live in a cabin in the woods and be poor.