A Brief History Of Misogyny

In this book, Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history?" The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks at both historical and contemporary attitudes to women. Holland's spotlight falls impartially on the Church, witch-hunts, sexual theory, Nazism and pro-life campaigners and on today's developing world, where women are increasingly and disproportionately at risk because of radicalized religious belief, famine, war and disease. Well-informed and researched, readable and often entertaining, this is no outmoded feminist polemic, but a straightforward investigation into an ancient, pervasive and enduring injustice. It deals with the fundamentals of human existence - sex, love, violence - that have always shaped our lives. 

Author: Jack Holland 

Publisher: Robinson

Released Date: 2019

ISBN: 9781845293710