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THE MISOGYNISTS
Who They Are, Why They Hate Us, And How to Stop Them
The only way forward is for women to set aside our fears of being called man-haters' and admit that our lives will never change until the men who hurt us are forced to stop.
Jessica Valenti has made a career out of being the feminist who leads the conversation, from her books Full Frontal Feminism and Yes Means Yes to her writing in The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. To begin another new and difficult conversation, Valenti asks What if feminism's biggest mistake was focusing almost entirely on women? The Misogynists wades into that territory and asks what it might look like if women stopped playing defense. Because collective self-esteem won't stop misogynists action against the perpetrators of misogyny will. For too long, we've been afraid to attack these men (and women), too afraid that drawing attention to toxic masculinity would be too alienating. But we're at a crisis point and, as always, Valenti is unafraid to point fingers and advocates for a radical refocus: the only way forward is for women to set aside our fears of being called man-haters' and admit that our lives will never change until the men who hurt us are forced to stop.
Jessica Valenti was called one of the foremost writers and thinkers of her generation by former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards. She is the best-selling author of six books, including Full Frontal Feminism, Yes Means Yes, and most recently Sex Object: A Memoir, which was a New York Times bestseller and one of NPR's best books of 2016. She is a columnist at The Guardian.
Manuscript available: July 2019
Jessica Valenti has made a career out of being the feminist who leads the conversation, from her books Full Frontal Feminism and Yes Means Yes to her writing in The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. To begin another new and difficult conversation, Valenti asks What if feminism's biggest mistake was focusing almost entirely on women? The Misogynists wades into that territory and asks what it might look like if women stopped playing defense. Because collective self-esteem won't stop misogynists action against the perpetrators of misogyny will. For too long, we've been afraid to attack these men (and women), too afraid that drawing attention to toxic masculinity would be too alienating. But we're at a crisis point and, as always, Valenti is unafraid to point fingers and advocates for a radical refocus: the only way forward is for women to set aside our fears of being called man-haters' and admit that our lives will never change until the men who hurt us are forced to stop.
Jessica Valenti was called one of the foremost writers and thinkers of her generation by former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards. She is the best-selling author of six books, including Full Frontal Feminism, Yes Means Yes, and most recently Sex Object: A Memoir, which was a New York Times bestseller and one of NPR's best books of 2016. She is a columnist at The Guardian.
Manuscript available: July 2019
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