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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 01/03/2019
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ISBN: 9780141990729
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Length: 368 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm
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Weight: 269g
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RRP: £9.99
'Everyone should read Down Girl. It should be distributed in schools and every board room, athletic department and legislative space' - Soraya Chemaly
A powerful, lucid analysis of how misogyny works from a remarkable philosopher
Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning?
In Down Girl moral philosopher Kate Manne argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it is primarily about controlling, policing, punishing and exiling the "bad" women who challenge male dominance. And it is compatible with rewarding "the good ones" and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order.
An incredibly forensic analysis of the logic of misogyny from a brilliant thinker, Down Girl is essential reading for the #MeToo era.
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 01/03/2019
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ISBN: 9780141990729
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Length: 368 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm
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Weight: 269g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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An important and compelling analysis of a phenomenon that's everywhere. Out of Manne's thoughtful analysis, of not just much-debated high-profile events but also everyday experiences, emerge insight after insight into the what, why, when, and how of misogyny
Cordelia Fine, Big Issue
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Fiercely argued and timely
Paul Bloom, New Yorker
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Manne's book is a forensic and clever analysis which provides the cogs and wheels of how the system of patriarchal policing works, in our minds, as well as in our world. . . Down Girl offers a sharply cut prism through which to view our everyday experience
Afua Hirsch, Times Literary Supplement
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Everyone should read Down Girl. It should be distributed in schools and every board room, athletic department and legislative space
Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her
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The moment is ripe for a reckoning, and Manne offers the language and theory I've found myself grasping for. . . She combines the hyper-articulateness of a philosopher and the energy and humor of a down-to-earth millennial, which is electrifying
Regan Penaluna, Guernica Magazine
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A must-read. . . should be in every feminist's library. . . Down Girl is destined to become a feminist literary classic alongside the likes of The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf or Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
Jennifer Taylor Skinner, The Electorette
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Really excellent. . . timely and intellectually rigorous
Nigel Warburton
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Kate Manne does a jaw-droppingly brilliant job of explaining gender and power dynamics which have always been purposefully muddied, but which shape how and to whom sympathy and presumptions of full humanity accrue. . . Perceptive, bold, stylishly written and bracingly clear eyed, Down Girl is one of the best books I have ever read on gender and power; I will never stop learning from it
Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad
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An exciting next-generation feminist philosopher
Elizabeth Anderson
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Down Girl is excruciatingly well-timed, providing a theoretical framework for a phenomenon baring itself before us, perverse and pervasive. . . It reminds us that while revealing individual misogynists is hard, uprooting misogyny is much harder
Carlos Lozada, Washington Post
