In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world''s population by the other half, throughout history?


The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks at both historical and contemporary attitudes to womenEncompassing the Church, witch hunts, sexual theory, Nazism and pro-life campaigners, we arrive at today''s developing world, where women are increasingly and disproportionately at risk because of radicalised religious belief, famine, war and disease. Well-informed and researched, highly readable and thought-provoking, this is no outmoded feminist polemic: it''s a refreshingly straightforward investigation into an ancient, pervasive and enduring injustice.

It deals with the fundamentals of human existence -- sex, love, violence -- that have shaped the lives of humans throughout history.


The answer? It''s time to recognize that the treatment of women amounts to nothing less than an abuse of human rights on an unthinkable scaleA Brief History of Misogyny is an important and timely book that will make a long-lasting contribution to the efforts to improve those rights throughout the world.

Format Häftad Omfång 336 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Little, Brown Book Group Utgivningsdatum 2006-07-27 ISBN 9781845293710