Down Girl The Logic of Misogyny

by Manne, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780190604981
• ISBN10: 0190604980
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-11-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Down Girl is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics. Kate Manne argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it's primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the "bad" women who challenge male dominance. And it's compatible with rewarding "the good ones," and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. She applies her powerful theory to a wide range of social phenomena but particularly politics.

Author Biography

Kate Manne is an assistant professor of philosophy at Cornell University, having previously been a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2011 - 2013. She works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Huffington Post, and The New Philosopher, as well as academic journals. Her lead essay for a forum on misogyny in The Boston Review was one of their '25 most-loved essays' for 2016.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: The Isla Vista Killings
Chapter 2: Reactive Attitudes
Chapter 3: Women, All Too Human
Chapter 4: The Many Faces of Misogyny
Chapter 5: Pardoning Powers
Chapter 6: Suspecting Victims
Chapter 7: Companions in Shame