In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice Against Women
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591023807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Religion, always a pillar of social conservatism, emphasized women’s subordination to men as a commandment handed down by God. So thorough was men’s indoctrination of sexual prejudice throughout society that even women absorbed it and came to believe in their own inferiority.Reading the unabashed bias against women so evident in these pages brings the entrenched misogyny of American society into vivid focus and makes one appreciate all the more the immense efforts of feminists who for more than a century have worked to overcome the stereotypes of "womanly" behavior long enforced by men.. In Her Place gathers together dozens of works - mostly by American writers over the past two centuries but also by some European writers who influenced American thought - that embody the scorn and contempt for the "weaker sex" that most women endured for countless generations until very recently. Joshi, who has included brief biographies of the writers as well as footnotes to explain obscure historical, literary, and other allusions, much of this material
"In Her Place" according to Jean Teebken. This book is a very important compilation of the history of prejudice against women from prominent writers in the nineteenth century. Why is it so important? Because it is still relevant today!Thank you, Mr. Joshi, for putting together this masterpiece for us.In my opinion, this book should be prominent in every home and used to open discussions with family members in an effort to get these prejudices out of our lives once and for all.This book is NOT for women only. It is definitely a book tha. "If only such attitudes were merely history" according to viktor_57. The specious male propaganda collected in this volume all attest to their writers' inabilities to see beyond their own narrow cultural biases and a willingness to accept the status quo as not only normal, i.e. natural, but socially desirable--society, of course, being defined on their terms. While we may expect such historical prejudice from turn of the century religious bigots, pandering politicians, and fashionable intellectuals, the pervasiveness and reflexive acceptance of male dominance fo. Midwest Book Review said Follows the actual examples of such prejudice rather than providing the usual overview of history. IN HER PLACE: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF PREJUDICE AGAINST WOMEN follows the actual examples of such prejudice rather than providing the usual overview of history: as such, it culls records from books, articles and scholarly monographs to provide evidence in dozens of works which document scorn and disrespect for women over the past two centuries. Don't expect to find the familiar here, either: much of the material has never been reprinted since its original publication and offers thinking from m
T. Joshi is a freelance writer, scholar, and editor. L. His books include The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism; Documents of American Prejudice; In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice against Women; God’s Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong; Atheism: A Reader; H. . Mencken on Religion; The Agnostic Reader; What Is Man? and Other Irreverent Essays by Mark Twain and The Angry Right: Why Conservatives Keep Getting It Wrong. S
Anyone wishing to understand the overwhelming challenges faced by women's-rights activists from the movement's earliest days to the dawn of the Second Wave need look no further than Joshi's illuminating and downright infuriating examples of pervasively misogynistic thinking. Edward H. Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. "And now bear with me while I show you what you, dear ladies, cannot do." This, from -nineteenth-century Congregational minister John Todd's p