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The Descent of Woman
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This book is an examination of the roles of men and women and the rise of the feminist movement. The author states: "It is time for all of us, male and female alike, to set this important and massive 'media revolution' into the context of the human animal's long struggle to improve its lot and to take control of its destiny." The Descent of Women is a challenge to excesses of the revolutionary zeal of some writers of the feminist movement. In the course of illustrating the thesis that feminist thinking has yet to mature, partiarly if it is to reach balance, self-criticism, and fairness to men, the author introduces the secondary thesis that the feminist movement should stop blaming all men for a long suffering history of women. Men have suffered, too, as the human animal emerged from a moral swamp in which sexual selection has played an important role. The author sees the feminist movement as a contribution to our expanding self-consciousness as a species and, in his criticism of radical feminism, seeks a richer future, not a return to an oppressive past. This book will stimulate controversy and further reflection on one of the most diffit issues of contemporary society.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
1997-10-01
Publication Date:
1998-05-15
Publisher:
Paragon House Publishers
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1557787190
ISBN13:
9781557787194
Weight:
508 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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