Down Girl
Title | Down Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Manne |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2017-10-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0190605006 |
Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it's primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the "bad" women who challenge male dominance. And it's compatible with rewarding "the good ones," and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. It's also common for women to serve as scapegoats, be burned as witches, and treated as pariahs. Manne examines recent and current events such as the Isla Vista killings by Elliot Rodger, the case of the convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, who preyed on African-American women as a police officer in Oklahoma City, Rush Limbaugh's diatribe against Sandra Fluke, and the "misogyny speech" of Julia Gillard, then Prime Minister of Australia, which went viral on YouTube. The book shows how these events, among others, set the stage for the 2016 US presidential election. Not only was the misogyny leveled against Hillary Clinton predictable in both quantity and quality, Manne argues it was predictable that many people would be prepared to forgive and forget regarding Donald Trump's history of sexual assault and harassment. For this, Manne argues, is misogyny's oft-overlooked and equally pernicious underbelly: exonerating or showing "himpathy" for the comparatively privileged men who dominate, threaten, and silence women. ^l
Smarter Than Squirrels
Title | Smarter Than Squirrels PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy A. Nolan |
Publisher | Marshall Cavendish |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2012-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780761455714 |
Down Girl and Sit protect their masters from the cat next door
Bad to the Bone
Title | Bad to the Bone PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy A. Nolan |
Publisher | Marshall Cavendish |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780761454397 |
Two canines have a ball trying to train their masters
Entitled
Title | Entitled PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Manne |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2020-08-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1984826557 |
An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl “Kate Manne is a thrilling and provocative feminist thinker. Her work is indispensable.”—Rebecca Traister NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTIC In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from Harvey Weinstein and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings to “Cat Person” and the political misfortunes of Elizabeth Warren, Manne’s book shows how privileged men’s sense of entitlement—to sex, yes, but more insidiously to admiration, care, bodily autonomy, knowledge, and power—is a pervasive social problem with often devastating consequences. In clear, lucid prose, Manne argues that male entitlement can explain a wide array of phenomena, from mansplaining and the undertreatment of women’s pain to mass shootings by incels and the seemingly intractable notion that women are “unelectable.” Moreover, Manne implicates each of us in toxic masculinity: It’s not just a product of a few bad actors; it’s something we all perpetuate, conditioned as we are by the social and cultural mores of our time. The only way to combat it, she says, is to expose the flaws in our default modes of thought while enabling women to take up space, say their piece, and muster resistance to the entitled attitudes of the men around them. With wit and intellectual fierceness, Manne sheds new light on gender and power and offers a vision of a world in which women are just as entitled as men to our collective care and concern.
Girl Upside Down
Title | Girl Upside Down PDF eBook |
Author | Nicole Williams |
Publisher | Crown Books For Young Readers |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0553498851 |
"New York Times- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Williams delivers apoignant romance that explores the deep and sometimes dark corners of love./16.
Kira Down Under
Title | Kira Down Under PDF eBook |
Author | Erin Teagan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 2021-02 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 9781646975921 |
Kira and her mom are spending the summer at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia helping her aunt, a veterinarian, care for the animals. When a health emergency pulls her aunt away, suddenly Kira can't seem to do anything right. She's put the animals in danger. Can Kira earn back everyone's trust?
Kika the Upside-Down Girl
Title | Kika the Upside-Down Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Tudos |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-11-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780992086824 |
Kika loves being upside-down rather than right side-up. With humour and fun, author and former Olympic gymnast Jessica Tudos inspires kids to pursue their dreams and find their unique place in the world in any direction they choose.