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Feminism for Women

The Real Route to Liberation

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By: Julie Bindel
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Feminism is a quest for the liberation of women from patriarchy. Feminism strives for a world in which women are not oppressed. Feminism prioritises exposing and ending male violence towards women and girls.

This is Julie Bindel's feminism, a definition born of 40 years at the front line of the feminist movement. Why then, she asks, is feminism the only social justice movement in the world that is expected to prioritise every other issue before pursuing its own objective of women's liberation? Why does the movement appear to be moving backwards, accommodating the rights and feelings of men and leaving women in the cold? Women make up half the global population, yet why is feminism still treated as a minority movement?

In this searing and groundbreaking book, Bindel deconstructs the many pervasive myths about feminism - Do women really want what men have? Can men be feminists? Are women liberated by sexual violation? - assessing whether feminism has achieved its goals and debunking theories that second wave feminism is irrelevant and one-dimensional.

Bindel shines a light on the most important issues, including pornography, sexual violence and prostitution. Drawing on Bindel's own experiences, as well as countless interviews with women and girls of all ages and backgrounds (as well as contributions from commentators such as Gloria Steinem and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie), Feminism for Women presents a clear-sighted view of why feminism is a proud social movement that every woman on the planet benefits from.

The invisible forces of misogyny affect us all.

This book is a call to arms to reclaim feminism for all women.

Only together can we resist and overcome.

©2020 Julie Bindel (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK
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Critic reviews

Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book (Melanie Reid)
Bindel . . . has written a Ronseal book, one that functions as a kind of primer for all matters pertaining to the
current state of feminism . . . bracing to read, and inspiriting . . . Bindel speaks - in a voice that is resolute, undaunted after all these years . . . and if her text doesn't come with easy solutions to our problems, it is nevertheless guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it (Rachel Cooke)
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This book was very informative. It has made me really think more about my surroundings.

Enjoyed.

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Are you a feminist? I don’t know was my answer. Thanks to this book I now know I am! Thank you for opening my eyes and for all the tireless work you do on behalf of women and girls.

A question from my daughter

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Deeply touching and resonating, while also inspiring and rage provoking! Thank you for writing this.

Brilliant!

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I had felt uneasy about the dilution of women’s rights to be all inclusive but couldn’t nail this uneasiness down. Julie Bindel articulated why we should all up in arms about this in a measured and well researched way.

Essential reading for women and girls (and men who love them)

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as usual, Julie Bindel is measured, thoughtful and thorough in her approach. She evidences her assertions and her thoughts are clear and withstand scrutiny. Easy to understand, engaging and thought provoking. Brilliant.

everybody should read this

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