He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is...
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Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is supposed to both virginal and provocatively enticing at the same time? Isn’t it unfair that working moms are labeled bad” for focusing on their careers while we shake our heads in disbelief when we hear about the occasional stay-at-home dad?In He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that affect every woman. Whether Jessica is pointing out the wage earning discrepancies between men and women or revealing all of the places that women still aren’t equal to their male counterpartsbe it in the workplace, courtroom, bedroom, or homeshe maintains her signature wittily sarcastic tone. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, this book informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes (girls aren’t good at math?), and end the
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781580052450 (1580052452)
Publish date: May 6th 2008
Publisher: Seal Press
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Feminism,
Politics,
Sociology,
Sexuality,
Womens,
Gender,
Gender Studies,
Womens Studies,
Social Movements,
Social Justice
I am a feminist, and damn proud of it. Lately, I decided to do some more reading about some feminist topics and I decided to start with this book because it seemed pretty short and sweet. And therein lies the problem with He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should ...
The book presents a lot of really important & basic double standards, but I can't say I read anything new.
The book presents a lot of really important & basic double standards, but I can't say I read anything new.
This book get's two stars just for existing. Because--if we're being honest--in this society it is a miracle it manages to do even that.
Rounding up because I would have liked to have more of the infromation cited.Extremely amusing, at times horrifiying, but always thoughtful ideas (most of which I agree are true) about double standards in today's (American) society.As a woman who has traveled, eaten out, and gone to movies by myself...