I Hate Men

Name: I Hate Men
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Pauline Harmange
ISBN: 9780008457617

Author: Pauline Harmange, Natasha Lehrer

Narrator: Emily Lucienne

Unabridged: 1 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 11/26/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Political Science, Travel, Europe, France

Synopsis

The feminist book they tried to ban in France ‘A delightful book’ Roxane Gay Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.) But what if mistrusting men, disliking men – and yes, maybe even hating men – is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood? In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other – and themselves.

About Pauline Harmange

Pauline Harmange is a French feminist writer and self-declared misandrist who became the subject of international news coverage after her ninety-six-page essay I Hate Men sold out its press run after a French governmental official attempted to censor the book. She lives in Lille.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxane on February 08, 2021

LOL. This is a delightful book, an argument for misandry that’s convincing af. It’s only shortcoming is that it lacks depth. Feels more like an essay than a book. Which is fine. It’s a fun essay. I would have loved to see the author really go beyond the idea of hating men but a book doesn’t need to......more

Goodreads review by Anwen on December 03, 2020

I'm so confused as to why this is a. so controversial and b. so lauded. It says literally nothing new. It's like basic white girl feminism 101. It makes no attempt at intersectionality, the arguments are basically 'men oppress women as a group and that's bad' (i.e. the idea that was quite controvers......more

Goodreads review by persephone ☾ on July 17, 2022

there are two wolves inside me : one wants to make a fully detailed review of this book to highlight its flaws but to also explain that some points might be fair, and the other one wants to simply write "fair enough, i hate men too"......more

Goodreads review by Sunny on October 01, 2024

Truth! Misandry FTW......more

Quotes

‘A good book, written from a burning heart but with a cool head’ The Times ‘Rousing … a call to liberation. Her writing is full of hope, unwavering in its trust of other women and their abilities’ Independent ‘An exhilarating essay to be read in one sitting’ Libération ‘Written in wise prose, devoid of excess or rage, I Hate Men explores the terrain of contemporary feminism, its arguments in keeping with those of writers like Rebecca Solnit, as well as the movement's key ideas: patriarchy, the mental load, #MeToo and solidarity’ L’Obs