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Off with Her Head : Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing?. Would she have won the election?. Imagine Hillary Clinton as a man. Would Howard Clinton have been portrayed in a thousand Pinterest images as a witch, stirring a cauldron or riding a broomstick?.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100063095688

ISBN-139780063095687

eBay Product ID (ePID)6058378422

Product Key Features

Book TitleOff with Her Head : Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Natural History, Social History

Publication Year2023

GenreSocial Science, Science, History

AuthorEleanor Herman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12.1 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Reviews"Using enlightening humor as well as righteous, well-founded frustration and anger, Herman effectively deconstructs the tendency of men to focus on hair, voice, clothing, and body type rather than pertinent qualifications and accomplishments...a nice balance of serious inquiry and well-placed levity. Timely and politically spot-on, this is sure to be a popular title" -- Kirkus Reviews on Off with Her Head "Brisk and witty... Herman marshals a plethora of evidence in support of her cause and draws incisive connections between the past and the present. This feminist history enrages and entertains." -- Publishers Weekly on Off with Her Head "At a moment when presidential sex scandals have few immediate consequences, this book will remind readers of the moral and political complexity of the topic while providing an entertaining introduction." -- Booklist on Sex with Presidents "Herman adroitly exhibits her storytelling prowess in blending the documented gossip of the time with personal details from interviews and memoirs to write a book that is both historical and wildly entertaining." -- Library Journal on Sex with Presidents "Well researched...although humorous at times, Sex with Presidents does not water down some of the real miscreants who lived in the White House." -- BookPage on Sex with Presidents "A racy, revealing look at illicit sex involving the country's highest office." -- Kirkus Reviews on Sex with Presidents "Packed with colorful character sketches and bawdy puns...this ribald and richly detailed history entertains." -- Publishers Weekly on Sex with Presidents "Sexy, Dishy and Funny" -- New York Times "Addictively Good Dish" -- Entertainment Weekly, "Using enlightening humor as well as righteous, well-founded frustration and anger, Herman effectively deconstructs the tendency of men to focus on hair, voice, clothing, and body type rather than pertinent qualifications and accomplishments...a nice balance of serious inquiry and well-placed levity. Timely and politically spot-on, this is sure to be a popular title" -- Kirkus Reviews "Brisk and witty... Herman marshals a plethora of evidence in support of her cause and draws incisive connections between the past and the present. This feminist history enrages and entertains." -- Publishers Weekly "A racy, revealing look at illicit sex involving the country's highest office." -- Kirkus Reviews on Sex with Presidents "Packed with colorful character sketches and bawdy puns...this ribald and richly detailed history entertains." -- Publishers Weekly on Sex with Presidents "Herman adroitly exhibits her storytelling prowess in blending the documented gossip of the time with personal details from interviews and memoirs to write a book that is both historical and wildly entertaining." -- Library Journal on Sex with Presidents "At a moment when presidential sex scandals have few immediate consequences, this book will remind readers of the moral and political complexity of the topic while providing an entertaining introduction." -- Booklist on Sex with Presidents "Well researched...although humorous at times, Sex with Presidents does not water down some of the real miscreants who lived in the White House." -- BookPage on Sex with Presidents "Sexy, Dishy and Funny" -- New York Times "Addictively Good Dish" -- Entertainment Weekly

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal305.4209

SynopsisNew 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 inauthenticity, 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 ancient world, through the European Renaissance, up to the most recent U.S. elections, the Misogynist's Handbook, as Eleanor Herman calls it, has been wielded to put uppity women in their place. In a story that is shocking, eye-opening, and a powerful force for change, Eleanor Herman's signature wit and humor explores the patterns that have been operating for more than three thousand years--and are still operating today--against powerful women across the globe, including Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and more. Each chapter analyzes a tried-and-true misogynistic method to keep women down, including: Her Overweening Ambition, Why Doesn't She Do Something About Her Hair?, The Dangers of Female Hormones, The Alarming Shrillness of Her Voice, The Mysterious Unlikability of Female Candidates, She's a Bitch and Other Animals, She's a Witch and Other Monsters, and Her Sexual Depravity. Herman ends the book by looking forward, examining ways to rip up the Misogynist's Handbook once and for all., When CNN host Don Lemon said 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was past her "prime," he was taking a page from what Eleanor Herman has called the Misogynist's Handbook, a set of time-honored methods used to keep women in power in their place. Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would her boasts and insults have been seen as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would Donna Trump have won the election? If Hillary Clinton had been Harry Clinton, would his thoughtful, circumspect answers to media questions have been seen as inauthentic, secretive, and untrustworthy? History is chock-full of such misogynistic examples, Sexist tropes are far easier to understand than complex truths. From the palace to the White House, if you call them too old, too unattractive, too ambitious, too unfeminine, a witch, a bitch, a bad mother, a bad wife, you've done whatever it takes to keep them from competing with men. In a story that is shocking, eye-opening, and a powerful force for change, Eleanor Herman writes with her signature wit and humor as she explores the patterns that have been operating for more than three thousand years-and are still operating today - while pointing out how society needs to tear up the Misogynist's Handbook and pave a way foward for women to take their full, and fair, place in power once and for all.