Down girl
Subtitle: the logic of misogyny
By: Kate Manne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780190604981
Subjects: Social conditions; Women's rights; Misogyny; Feminism; Women
Description: Down Girl is a broad, original and far ranging analysis of what misogyny really is, how it works, its purpose, and how to fight it. The philosopher Kate Manne argues that modern society's failure to recognize women's full humanity and autonomy is not actually the problem. She argues instead that it is women's manifestations of human capacities--autonomy, agency, political engagement--is what engenders misogynist hostility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : eating her words; title: Threatening women; title: Ameliorating misogyny; title: Discriminating sexism; title: Taking his (out); title: Humanizing hatred; title: Exonerating men; title: Suspecting victims; title: Losing (to) misogynists; title: Conclusion : the giving she.