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What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female
Melissa Benn
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Description for What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female
Paperback. A manifesto for modern womanhood - and a guide through the perils and pitfalls of parenting girls Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
We have reached a tricky crossroads in modern women's lives and our collective daughters are bearing the brunt of some intolerable pressures. Although feminism has made great strides forward since our mothers' and grandmothers' day, many of the key issues - equality of pay, equality in the home, representation at senior level in the private, public and political sectors - remain to be tackled.
Casual sexism in the media and in everyday life is still rife and our daughters face a host of new difficulties as they are bombarded by images of unrealistically skinny airbrushed supermodels, celebrity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848546301
SKU
V9781848546301
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99-10
About Melissa Benn
Melissa Benn is a writer, journalist and campaigner. She was educated at Holland Park comprehensive and the London School of Economics where she read history. Her early jobs included working at the National Council for Civil Liberties and as a researcher, under Professor Stuart Hall at the Open University. Benn's journalism has appeared in numerous newspapers ... Read more
Reviews for What Should We Tell Our Daughters?: The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female
Praise for Melissa Benn's writing: 'Gripping' Guardian 'Brilliant' The Times 'Insightful, deeply affecting' Time Out 'Extraordinary . . . and emotional and political tour-de-force' Independent on Sunday 'You won't be able to put it down' Tatler
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Benn grapples eloquently with character, self, confidence, anger, the unquantifiable but elemental traits that make us human . . . ... Read more
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Benn grapples eloquently with character, self, confidence, anger, the unquantifiable but elemental traits that make us human . . . ... Read more