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Brought to you by Penguin. Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation. Tracing the intertwined histories...

We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. This surge of violence has occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In this new work that revisits some of the main themes of Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici examines the root causes of these developments and outlines the consequences for the women affected and their communities.

Bloomsbury presents The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan, read by Andia Winslow. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022 Essential lessons on the world we live in, from one of our greatest young thinkers – a guide to what everybody is...

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women. It's a crisis of sexuality. Sex is a minefield for our sons. They're bombarded with mixed messages, afraid of being either too sensitive or not sensitive enough.

'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times Material Girls is a timely and trenchant...

An updated edition of a standard in its field that remains relevant more than thirty years after its original publication. Over thirty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild set off a tidal wave of conversation and controversy with her...

This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton gives a sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies.

From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different. But this is not the whole story. Shedding light on controversial research and investigating the ferocious gender wars in biology, psychology and anthropology, Angela Saini takes...

In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes listeners from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is - and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the 19th century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship.

Sandra Hunke ist Anlagenmechanikerin für Sanitär, Heizung und Klimatechnik. Sie baut schöne Bäder und Heizungen ein. Schon als Kind war es ihr größter Wunsch, Handwerkerin zu werden, doch der Weg dorthin war steinig: In der Berufsschule behandelte man sie wie einen Fremdkörper, sie wurde ausgegrenzt und im Unterricht nicht ernst genommen. Abwertung und Kritik von Kollegen, Kunden und Fremden machten es ihr schwer, an sich und ihre Fähigkeiten zu glauben. Bis heute hat sich die Lage für Frauen im Handwerk kaum verbessert.

A groundbreaking account of how the legal system punishes those it purports to protect, told through the stories of three unforgettable women When award-winning journalist Justine van der Leun began researching the issue of criminalized survival, she was astonished to see women being imprisoned...

During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now, with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not eventhe Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy...

Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.

All too often society issues dire warnings about the risks of living single. But is finding a spouse or romantic partner really a requirement for a full life? In Single at Heart, Dr. Bella DePaulo speaks on behalf of the millions of people who are drawn to single life for all it has to offer and shares what it means to not just be happy being single for a time, but to be happy being single always.

The Body Myth will transform the way a generation of women think, not just about one single aspect of being female, but about their lifetime experience of the female body. The female body has been misunderstood for centuries. Declared defective. Pathologised. Controlled. Exploited In The Body...

Alles über das unbekannte Power-Organ: die Gebärmutter! Die Journalistin und Hebamme Leah Hazard ist um die Welt gereist, um alles über ein faszinierendes Organ zu erfahren, über das wir zu wenig wissen: die Gebärmutter. Sie hat mit zahlreichen Frauen und Expert*innen gesprochen, über ihre Erfahrungen rund um Zyklus, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Abtreibung, über die Meilensteine der Medizin und ihre Auswirkungen, die noch junge wissenschaftliche Erforschung des Uterus und über verblüffende technologische Zukunftsmusik.

¿Por qué en el colegio las chicas creen que no han estudiado lo suficiente y en cambio los chicos piensan que «el examen era muy difícil»? ¿Por qué en la actualidad, aunque las estadísticas continúen mostrando que ellas sacan mejores notas, sigue faltándoles confianza (cosa que además...

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra - women who ruled with real power - and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon - but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office?

Brought to you by Penguin. Extraordinary women have held positions of power throughout history. But, aside from the select few, why do we not hear about them? The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, Saints and Kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women...

Wusstest du, dass Männer weltweit 95 Milliarden Euro mehr Vermögen besitzen als Frauen? Das ist leider kein Zufall, denn der finanzielle Wohlstand von Frauen hängt nicht allein von Gehalt, sinnvollen Sparmaßnahmen und Investments ab, sondern ist nach wie vor stark geprägt von...