In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice Against Women
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591023807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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T. The long history of prejudice against women has been the focus of many academic studies, but until now there has been no attempt to collect actual examples of this prejudice from books, articles, and scholarly monographs. Scientists purported to discover physiological evidence for woman’s supposed intellectual deficiencies and their absence of the "creative faculty." Fear of women’s sexuality was a prime motivator of a great deal of prejudice, ranging from disapproval of coeducation to a defense of the double standard of morality, whereby men but not women were permitted sexual dalliance without undue censure. Masterfully edited by S. 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 has never been reprinted since its original publication.As Joshi points out, this is the work, not of a few isolated cranks, but of the leading members of the intellectual, social, and political communities. 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. So thorough was men’s indoctrination of sexual prejudice throughout society that even women absorbed it and came to believe in their
In Her Place 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 fami. If only such attitudes were merely history 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 c. "Follows the actual examples of such prejudice rather than providing the usual overview of history" according to Midwest Book Review. 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 exp
All rights reserved. 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. From Dr. Clarke's flagrant disdain for female intelligence in an 1873 essay in which he opines that too much education robs the so-called more important female reproductive organs of the blood they need by channeling it to the brain, to Professor Stephen Goldberg's 1973 polemic regarding the "Inevitability of Patriarchy," Joshi's compilation of articles, excerpts, and treatises traces more than a century of the most vitriolic anti-feminist writings from preeminent scholars, clergy, physicians, and politicians. From Booklist Joshi starts his (yes, his) history of prejudice against women off with a bang. Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association.
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. . S. Joshi is a freelance writer, scholar, and editor. 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 Wron