Fix the system, not the women / Laura Bates.
Publisher: London : Simon and Schuster UK Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 176 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0049548208ISBN: 9781398514331Subject(s): Sex discrimination against women | Misogyny | Patriarchy | Male domination (Social structure)DDC classification: 305.42 LOC classification: HQ1237 | .B3 2022Summary: An investigation onto the patriarchy and how it impacts our day-to-day lives. 'Get your daughters to read this, but only after your partners and sons have finished it' Jo Brand'An astute and persuasive page-turner'Observer __________Too often, we blame women.For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. For not overcoming the odds that are stacked against them.This distracts us from the real problem: the failings and biases of a society that was not built for women. In this explosive book, feminist writer and activist Laura Bates exposes the systemic prejudice at the heart of five of our key institutions.EducationPoliticsMediaPolicingCriminal justiceCombining stories with shocking evidence, Fix the System, Not the Women is a blazing examination of sexual injustice and a rallying cry for reform.________________________________________________'Powerfu l'Sunday Times'I am in awe of Laura Bates . . . her writing is nothing short of perfect' Sofie Hagen, author ofHappy Fat'A blistering manifesto for change'Dr Pragya Agarwal`Finish the book furious - before rallying for the next fight' Grazia LatestMust-Reads| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 305.42 ADI We should all be feminists / | 305.42 ADI We should all be feminists / | 305.42 ARN Raising our hands : how white women can stop avoiding hard conversations, start accepting responsibility, and find our place on the new frontlines / | 305.42 BAT Fix the system, not the women / | 305.42 BAY Woman as design : before, behind, between, above, below / | 305.42 BEA The second sex / | 305.42 BEA The second sex / |
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'Get your daughters to read this, but only after your partners and sons have finished it ' Jo Brand
'An astute and persuasive page-turner' Observer
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Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. For not overcoming the odds that are stacked against them.
This distracts us from the real problem: the failings and biases of a society that was not built for women. In this explosive book, feminist writer and activist Laura Bates exposes the systemic prejudice at the heart of five of our key institutions.
Education
Politics
Media
Policing
Criminal justice
Combining stories with shocking evidence, Fix the System, Not the Women is a blazing examination of sexual injustice and a rallying cry for reform.
________________________________________________
'Powerful' Sunday Times
'I am in awe of Laura Bates . . . her writing is nothing short of perfect' Sofie Hagen, author of Happy Fat
'A blistering manifesto for change' Dr Pragya Agarwal
'Finish the book furious - before rallying for the next fight' Grazia Latest Must-Reads
An investigation onto the patriarchy and how it impacts our day-to-day lives. 'Get your daughters to read this, but only after your partners and sons have finished it' Jo Brand'An astute and persuasive page-turner'Observer __________Too often, we blame women.For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. For not overcoming the odds that are stacked against them.This distracts us from the real problem: the failings and biases of a society that was not built for women. In this explosive book, feminist writer and activist Laura Bates exposes the systemic prejudice at the heart of five of our key institutions.EducationPoliticsMediaPolicingCriminal justiceCombining stories with shocking evidence, Fix the System, Not the Women is a blazing examination of sexual injustice and a rallying cry for reform.________________________________________________'Powerfu l'Sunday Times'I am in awe of Laura Bates . . . her writing is nothing short of perfect' Sofie Hagen, author ofHappy Fat'A blistering manifesto for change'Dr Pragya Agarwal`Finish the book furious - before rallying for the next fight' Grazia LatestMust-Reads
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