Off with Her Head Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
eBook - 2022
New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris.Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the election?Imagine Hillary Clinton as a man. Howard Clinton says and does the exact same things as Hillary. Would Howard Clinton have been portrayed in a thousand Pinterest images as a witch, stirring a cauldron or riding a broomstick? Would he have been called a bitch on countless T-shirts? Would his thoughtful, circumspect answers to media questions have been seen as inauthentici...ty, secretiveness, and untrustworthiness?There is a particular kind of rage—let's call it unadulterated bloodlust—usually reserved for women, especially women in power or vying for it. From the...
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HarperCollins
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- English
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- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
| Adobe EPUB eBook | |
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| File Size | 2 GB |
| ISBN | 9780063095717 |
| Release Date | 9/6/2022 |
| Kindle Book | |
| ASIN | B09N8QBGXR |
| Release Date | 9/6/2022 |
| OverDrive Read eBook | |
| ISBN | 9780063095717 |
| Release Date | 9/6/2022 |
