Women's Voices in a Man's World

1999 Education

Author : Lidwien Kapteijns
Release : 1999
Genre : Education
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Download or read book Women's Voices in a Man's World written by Lidwien Kapteijns. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By gathering Somali oral texts, sayings, and songs of the period 1899 the author has examined in what way women and gender relations in Somali society has been presented in the past and how concepts as 'tradition', authentic cultural heritage and identity affect women and gender relations nowadays.

A Woman’s Guide

2020-07-22 Self-Help

Author : Anne Covey
Release : 2020-07-22
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 599/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Woman’s Guide written by Anne Covey. This book was released on 2020-07-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the day God created Eve from Adam’s rib, men have ruled the world. Even mothers and fathers treat sons differently than their daughters. Boys get to do more things, and when they do something wrong, they’re excused with sayings such as, “Boys will be boys.” Anne Covey grew up in such a household, and in this book, she takes a look at how chauvinistic men from all walks of life engage in shameful, aggressive behavior to control women on a daily basis. She also examines the Good Old Boys’ Club – also known as the Old Boy Network. Whatever you choose to call it, this simple system in which wealthy men with the same social and educational background help each other never does anything good. Find out what happens behind closed doors when men get together and how they continue to suppress and manipulate women in this guide to surviving and thriving while living in a man’s world.

Outspoken

2019-07-02 Business & Economics

Author : Veronica Rueckert
Release : 2019-07-02
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 359/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Outspoken written by Veronica Rueckert. This book was released on 2019-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you done with the mansplaining? Have you been interrupted one too many times? Don’t stop talking. Take your voice back. Women’s voices aren’t being heard—at work, at home, in public, and in every facet of their lives. When they speak up, they’re seen as pushy, loud, and too much. When quiet, they’re dismissed as meek and mild. Everywhere they turn, they’re confronted by the assumptions of a male-dominated world. From the Supreme Court to the conference room to the classroom, women are interrupted far more often than their male counterparts. In the lab, researchers found that female executives who speak more often than their peers are rated 14 percent less competent, while male executives who do the same enjoy a 10 percent competency bump. In Outspoken, Veronica Rueckert—a Peabody Award–winning former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coach—teaches women to recognize the value of their voices and tap into their inherent power, potential, and capacity for self-expression. Detailing how to communicate in meetings, converse around the dinner table, and dominate political debates, Outspoken provides readers with the tools, guidance, and encouragement they need to learn to love their voices and rise to the obligation to share them with the world. Outspoken is a substantive yet entertaining analysis of why women still haven’t been fully granted the right to speak, and a guide to how we can start changing the culture of silence. Positive, instructive, and supportive, this welcome and much-needed handbook will help reshape the world and make it better for women—and for everyone. It’s time to stop shutting up and start speaking out.

Invisible Women

2019-03-12 Social Science

Author : Caroline Criado Perez
Release : 2019-03-12
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 145/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Invisible Women written by Caroline Criado Perez. This book was released on 2019-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 International Bestseller Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize A landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women, now in paperback Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this insidious bias, in time, in money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates this shocking root cause of gender inequality in the award-winning, #1 international bestseller Invisible Women. Examining the home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more, Criado Perez unearths a dangerous pattern in data and its consequences on women’s lives. Product designers use a “one-size-fits-all” approach to everything from pianos to cell phones to voice recognition software, when in fact this approach is designed to fit men. Cities prioritize men’s needs when designing public transportation, roads, and even snow removal, neglecting to consider women’s safety or unique responsibilities and travel patterns. And in medical research, women have largely been excluded from studies and textbooks, leaving them chronically misunderstood, mistreated, and misdiagnosed. Built on hundreds of studies in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, highly readable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.

Men Explain Things to Me

2014-04-14 Social Science

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Release : 2014-04-14
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 571/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Men Explain Things to Me written by Rebecca Solnit. This book was released on 2014-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon

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