The Manipulated Man

by Vilar, Esther

• ISBN13: 9780953096428
• ISBN10: 0953096424
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Pinter & Martin

Summary

Esther Vilar's classic polemic about the relationship between the sexes caused a sensation. Vilar's perceptive and often very funny look at the battle between the sexes has earned her death threats. But Vilar's intention is not misogynous: she maintains that only if women and men look at their place in society with honesty, will there be any hope for change.

Table of Contents

author's introduction	7	(8)
the manipulated man
the slave's happiness	15	(3)
what is man?	18	(6)
what is woman?	24	(7)
a woman's horizon	31	(5)
the fair sex	36	(5)
the universe is male	41	(7)
her stupidity makes woman divine	48	(4)
breaking them in	52	(5)
manipulation by means of self-abasement	57	(7)
a dictionary	64	(3)
women have no feelings	67	(5)
sex as reward	72	(7)
the female libido	79	(6)
manipulation through bluff	85	(6)
commercialised prayers	91	(5)
self-conditioning	96	(7)
children as hostages	103	(8)
women's vices	111	(8)
the mask of femininity	119	(8)
the business world as a hunting ground	127	(6)
the ``emancipated'' female	133	(7)
women's liberation	140	(14)
what is love?	154