The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

by Mona Eltahawy

Book Overview

A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.

Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807013811
• ISBN13: 9780807013816
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Hard Truth

Not going to lie, this book was a little intimidating to me. Now you might look at me, shaved head, 10+ piercings, tattoos, Docs, and crazy colors and think... Seriously? It's a book. But due to my upbringing, the wording of this title brought to the surface some uncomfortable truths that I had to face head on and decide whether I was going to keep "saving them for a rainy day to weather through" or do it now. And, well there's no time like the present... The truth of the matter is, our world is the way it is because too many people have been scared of words and differences and gender and so called societal norms for generations. And it has gotten us nowhere. We look back on ancient times and scoff, imagine the stupidity and feeble minds that thought black women's hair was witch craft! Or who burned people alive when they conquered them! No wait, that was in Jim Crow South. Sorry, hard to remember our "civilized" society is different during some of my reads. I told the friend who recommended this book to me that I had not taken more notes from any other books I've read so far. It felt like I needed to highlight every chapter (in my head, obviously, never deface a book!). It was mind blowing, truth speaking, world righting justice and peace. And like many other books I've gone through, it came at just the right time. 10/10 recommend, especially for men. Because some of you are truly living in the dark of what it's like to be a woman today.