The Patriarchs
How Men Came to Rule
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Narrated by:
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Sohm Kapila
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By:
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Angela Saini
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023
‘I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book’ Sathnam Sanghera
‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted.’
In this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a complex history of how male domination became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present.
Travelling to the world’s earliest known human settlements, analysing the latest research findings in science and archaeology, and tracing cultural and political histories from the Americas to Asia, she overturns simplistic universal theories to show that what patriarchy is and how far it goes back really depends on where you are.
Despite the push back against sexism and exploitation in our own time, even revolutionary efforts to bring about equality have often ended in failure and backlash. Saini ends by asking what part we all play – women included – in keeping patriarchal structures alive, and why we need to look beyond the old narratives to understand why it persists in the present.
©2023 Angela Saini (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
"A deep and incisive look at the historical origins of patriarchal structures we are still fighting today. A must-read for every feminist." (Rafia Zakaria, author of Against White Feminism)
"This is a truly excellent, important and insightful book. By unpacking the terms “patriarchy” and “feminism”, Saini reveals that the words themselves have complex histories. She reminds us to critique every piece of evidence and wade back through centuries of misunderstanding, misrepresentation and mistruths. A glorious work!" (Janina Ramirez)
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-2023
Brilliant
Brilliant, thanks for bringing so many of the facts to light and attention to the predicament women are still in
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- leanne prussing
- 15-03-2024
Must Read
explains so much about the big questions all woman eventually need answers for. Should be in school history curriculum.
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- Michael Patterson
- 07-05-2023
Compelling
I liked the journalistic style of this book - something I didn't expect to do at first. The content is compelling. There's not much else to say about it. Its sobering and persuasive. The narrator clearly did not have English as a first language and this grated with me because her pronunciation of many words did not match my own and I found myself reacting. That may be my bias entirely. It wasn't a dealbreaker that spoiled my appreciation of the book though. But it was a distraction that wasn't welcome.
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- M. McCracken
- 15-03-2023
A fresh take on an old problem
Angela Saini is one of the most considered researchers into gender and race in the world. Here she holds us all to account whatever gender, whatever geography for the systems that hold women back.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-2024
Gives me answers
Excellent insights, enlightening.
This has given me valuable understanding of the why of these cultures that prove so dominant yet are quite negative in there affect to most of us yet to see this is not an easy thing. Bring down the veil, crumble the crust. Let them all fall so we can finally all breathe.
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- L. Dehnel
- 27-09-2023
An eye opening tale
as well researched and told as her other books, this one has you asking questions you never thought to ask before. will get you feeling revolutionary
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-2023
Awesome in the truest sense of the word...
Compelling, broad reaching, impeccably researched, devastating and yet ultimately hopeful. Written like a true Devi 🙂 Challenge you to leave this book without some tears in your eyes
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