The feminist book they tried to ban in France‘A delightful book’ Roxane GayWomen, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.)
But what if mistrusting men, disliking men – and yes, maybe even hating men – is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood?
In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other – and themselves.
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A provocative essay that's at its most useful when contextualising misandry. There's a sadness here: not in the irrevocable generalisations about men, but the hopeful generalisations about women, who the author so often refers to as "we."
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Thought provoking and something I may have missed without book beat. An essay all women should read/listen to
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Really great ideas about sisterhood and not taking shit from the patriarchy.
