A brief history of misogyny: the world's oldest prejudice

"Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks...

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Main Author: Holland, Jack 1947-2004 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Robinson, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group 2018
Series:Brief history of
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Summary:"Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks at both historical and contemporary attitudes to women. Encompassing the Church, witch hunts, sexual theory, Nazism and pro-life campaigners, we arrive at today’s developing world, where women are increasingly and disproportionately at risk because of radicalised religious belief, famine, war and disease. Well-informed and researched, highly readable and thought-provoking, this is a refreshingly straightforward investigation into an ancient, pervasive and enduring injustice. It deals with the fundamentals of human existence — sex, love, violence — that have shaped the lives of humans throughout history"--
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd."--Title page verso
Physical Description:xv, 320 Seiten
ISBN:9781845293710

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