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I Was unable to download this title unfortunately, so unable to read. My sincerest apologies. Though I plan to read sometime in future from another source
Not sure I understood the humor in this book. Or maybe the author just wasn't all that funny. The book itself is a eye opening in the way women have been neglected.
I read a few of my friends' review and I don't think this book is to my humour., Thank you for the opportunity to read this.
Oh my goodness, I did enjoy this book - I laughed out loud, snorted and it also made me scratch my head at times too! The book was a brilliant satirical view about how women were treated and thought of before the 20th century. Its a fun quick read and I loved it! Most definitely highly recommended!!!
'The Trouble with Women' by Jacky Fleming is a hilarious and tragic look at how women aren't in history books. It's very tongue-in-cheek and I found myself laughing quite a few times at the errors men (like me) have made.
I learned from the first page that in the Olden Days, there were no women, and that's why I didn't learn about them in history. It was just men and some of them were geniuses. Apparently women who learn become less attractive, and playing sports can lead to injuries where a woman can lose her virginity. Men like Darwin and Rousseau and Schopenhauer made stupid statements about the inferiority of women, and those statements get thrown out here to hilarious effect.
That the book remains so darn funny and never becomes preachy is a high point. It's certainly frustrating and angering that the contributions of women in history have been overlooked, but this approach makes the point beautifully. The drawings are at times hilarious too, with the chart of beards, and pictures of women with tiny heads. I enjoyed this book, and completely got the point.
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