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I once believed that we only had to put in place the conditions for equality for the remnants of old-fashioned sexism in our culture to wither away. I am ready to admit that I was wrong.' Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women an airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of femininity. Drawing on a wealth of research and personal interviews, LIVING DOLLS is a straight-talking, passionate and important book that makes us look afresh at women and girls, at sexism and femininity - today.
| ISBN | 1844087093 | | Pages | 288 | | ISBN13 | 9781844087099
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 230 | | Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Virago Press Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9781844084845 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 203 | | Publication date | 05 May 2011 | | Width (mm) | 126 | | DEWEY | 305.42 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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If anyone doubts the need to protect girls from the toxic, hyper-sexualised, disempowering environment they're now growing up in, they should read LIVING DOLLS Maggie Hamilton, author of WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR GIRLS? ** 'In LIVING DOLLS, Walter makes a compelling case that we need feminism more than ever...this book makes a disturbing, passionate and compelling case for revisiting our notions of equality...Everyone who cares anything about the kind of society we are curre Sunday Business Post ** 'Walter does a brilliant job of demolishing their (scientists') arguments Mail on Sunday, Susie Orbach ** 'Required reading for everyone who cares about our humanity, and that means all of us Katherine Sheridan, Irish Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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