sdominick/iStock/Getty Images PlusWhile clearly a painful reality for some, “mental illness” has long been an abused concept. That is, how much of what we call mental illness is really philosophical/moral dysfunction? To them, Smith laments, Kirk was every kind of “phobe,” an “ogre”; they “fictionalize” him to demonize him. The Female FactorReturning to Smith, he wonders why women are overrepresented among the most vicious Kirk haters. ConclusionAdd to this women’s extreme family/in-group (with groups they’re emotionally attached to) patriotism, and the female-authored Kirk hatred makes sense.