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020			_a9781631494758
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245		0	_aWomen & power
260			_a _bLiveright Publishing Corporation, _c2017
300			_axi + 115 p. ; 19 cm
500			_aa manifesto
505			_aPreface _rThe public voice of women-- _rWomen in power-- _rAfterword-- _rReferences and further reading-- _rAcknowledgements-- _rList of illustrations-- _rIndex-- _rA note on the cover.--
520			_a'A modern feminist classic.'?The Guardian ; ; From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. ; ; At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer's Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life, public speech being defined as inherently male. From Medusa to Philomela (whose tongue was cut out), from Hillary Clinton to Elizabeth Warren (who was told to sit down), Beard draws illuminating parallels between our cultural assumptions about women's relationship to power?and how powerful women provide a necessary example for all women who must resist being vacuumed into a male template. With personal reflections on her own online experiences with sexism, Beard asks: If women aren't perceived to be within the structure of power, isn't it power itself we need to redefine? And how many more centuries should we be expected to wait?
630			_aHQ THE FAMILY. MARRIAGE. WOMEN _96603
650			_aWomen _xHistory _99495
650			_aLeadership in women _97348
650			_aWomen _xPolitical activity _99496
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700			_aBeard, Mary, _eAuthor
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