Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
Misogyny isn’t about hating or discriminating against women because they are women and thus attract suspicion and consternation. Misogyny is about exposing women to harm because our gender makes us beneath full consideration. Misogyny is primarily something we face, not something people feel in their hearts.
Kate Manne • Broken Bones: America’s Violent Indifference toward Women
In order to maintain the certitude that the world was fair, subjects manufactured flaws in the woman’s character.
Keith Payne • The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Changes the Way We Think, Live and Die
