The Female Thing by Laura Kipnis
The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability by Laura Kipnis, reviewed by Gail Parsons
Pantheon, 2006, 173 pages, $23.95.
Though this book’s title sounds a shade suggestive, it is actually a rather scholarly look at the contradictory state of feminism in America today. Kipnis wryly contrasts the brand of feminism that insists on complete equality and empowerment with the version that seeks to “demand respect for women’s inherent differences from men…”. Using the four concepts from the subtitle, she illustrates how women have in some ways become their own worst enemy.
She offers some very interesting premises as she discusses such topics as the on-going male/female battle over equal household duties, the misperception of female vulnerability and rape, and some contradictory information about female anatomy.
Pantheon, 2006, 173 pages, $23.95.
Though this book’s title sounds a shade suggestive, it is actually a rather scholarly look at the contradictory state of feminism in America today. Kipnis wryly contrasts the brand of feminism that insists on complete equality and empowerment with the version that seeks to “demand respect for women’s inherent differences from men…”. Using the four concepts from the subtitle, she illustrates how women have in some ways become their own worst enemy.
She offers some very interesting premises as she discusses such topics as the on-going male/female battle over equal household duties, the misperception of female vulnerability and rape, and some contradictory information about female anatomy.
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