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Angela Saini The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule Book
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For centuries, society has considered male dominance to be natural to the human species. But what would our understanding of gender inequality-its imagined past and controversial present-be like if we didn't assume that men have always dominated women?
In this bold and radical book, science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy: how it first took root in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory to the present. Saini travels to the earliest known human settlements, analyzes the latest research findings, and traces cultural and political histories, arguing that colonialism and empires have dramatically changed the way people live in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, spreading rigid patriarchal mores and undermining the way people organized their families and work.
Nowadays, despite the fight against sexism, violence and discrimination, even revolutionary efforts to achieve equality often fail. But The Patriarchs offers hope-it reveals the multiplicity of human arrangements, undermines old narratives, and exposes male supremacy as an ever-changing element of the system of control.
Number of pages: 336.
In this bold and radical book, science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy: how it first took root in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory to the present. Saini travels to the earliest known human settlements, analyzes the latest research findings, and traces cultural and political histories, arguing that colonialism and empires have dramatically changed the way people live in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, spreading rigid patriarchal mores and undermining the way people organized their families and work.
Nowadays, despite the fight against sexism, violence and discrimination, even revolutionary efforts to achieve equality often fail. But The Patriarchs offers hope-it reveals the multiplicity of human arrangements, undermines old narratives, and exposes male supremacy as an ever-changing element of the system of control.
Number of pages: 336.
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