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Off with Her Head

By Eleanor Herman

Off with Her Head Social Sciences

Off with Her Head

By Eleanor Herman

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New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular feminist history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris. Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the election? Imagine Hillary Clinton as a man. Howard Clinton says and does the exact same things as Hillary. Would Howard Clinton have been portrayed in a thousand Pinterest images as a witch, stirring a cauldron or riding a broomstick? Would he have been called a bitch on countless T-shirts? Would his thoughtful, circumspect answers to media questions have been seen as inauthenticity, secretiveness, and untrustworthiness? There is a particular kind of rage—let’s call it unadulterated bloodlust—usually reserved for women, especially women in positions of power or vying for it. From the ancient world, through the European Renaissance, up to the most recent U.S. elections, the Misogynist’s Handbook, as Eleanor Herman calls it, has been wielded to put uppity women in their place. In a story that is shocking, eye-opening, and a powerful force for change, Eleanor Herman’s signature wit and humor explores the historical patterns that have been operating for more than three thousand years—and are still operating today—against powerful women across the globe, including Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and more. Each chapter analyzes a tried-and-true misogynistic method to keep women down, including: Her Overweening Ambition, Why Doesn’t She Do Something About Her Hair?, The Dangers of Female Hormones, The Alarming Shrillness of Her Voice, The Mysterious Unlikability of Female Candidates, She’s a Bitch and Other Animals, She’s a Witch and Other Monsters, and Her Sexual Depravity. Herman ends the book by looking forward, examining ways to rip up the Misogynist’s Handbook once and for all and forge a new path for social justice. Inside this witty and shocking book, you’ll discover the unwritten rules of the Misogynist’s Handbook:- Women Leaders: How the same accusations of ambition, sexual depravity, and witchcraft were leveled against figures from Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn to Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.- Sexism in Politics: Eye-opening thought experiments that ask what would have happened if Donald Trump were a woman or Hillary Clinton were a man.- The Patriarchy: An analysis of the tried-and-true methods used for centuries to keep "uppity women" in their place, from critiques of their hair and voice to accusations of being a "bitch" or a "witch."- Women’s History: A fascinating journey through more than three thousand years, revealing the hidden playbook of abuse against female rulers and politicians and how to finally rip it up.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
386
Release Date:
2023-09-12
Publication Date:
2025-03-28
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0063095688
ISBN13:
9780063095687
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
348 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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