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Are Men Necessary? : When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd (2005, Hardcover)

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Fresh from her success with the best-selling Bushworld, Maureen Dowd turns her sparkling prose and wise wit to a topic even more incendiary than presidential politics: sexual politics. Four decades after the sexual revolution, nothing has worked out the way it was supposed to. The sexes are circling each other as uneasily and comically as ever, from the bedroom to the boardroom to the Situation Room, and now the New York Timescolumnist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for saucy and incisive commentary about the dangerous liaisons of Bill, Monica, Hillary and Ken Starr digs into the Y and X files, exploring the mysteries and muddles of sexual combat in America. In a new book filled with chapters that surprise and amuse, Dowd explains why getting ready for a date went from glossing and gargling to Paxiling and Googling; why men are in an evolutionary and romantic shame spiral; why women have reeled backward in many ways; why men may be biologically unsuited to hold higher office, given their diva fits and catfights, teary confessions and fashion obsessions; why women are fixated on their looks more than ever, freezing their faces and emotions in an orgy of plasticity that makes the Stepford Wives look authentic; why male politicians and male institutions get tripped up in so much monkey business; why many alpha women, from Martha to Hillary, can have a successful second act only after becoming humiliated victims; and why the new definition of Having It All is less about empowerment and equality than about flirting and getting rescued, downshifting from "You go, girl!" to "You go lie down, girl." In addition, Dowd, who has reported on historic moments on the sexual battlefield, from Geraldine Ferraro's vice-presidential run to the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings to Hillary Rodham Clinton's reign as copresident, explores not only how many of these shining feminist triumphs backfired on women but also how Hillary, a feminist icon busy plotting her campaign to be the first woman president, delivered the final blow to female solidarity herself. Women's liberation has been less a steady trajectory than a confusing zigzag. Feminism lasted for a nanosecond and generated a gender tangle that has bewitched, bothered and bewildered men and women for forty years. Now comes a woman to cut through the tangle and tickle Adam's rib. The battle of the sexes will never be the same.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399153322
ISBN-13
9780399153327
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46913366

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Book Title
Are Men Necessary? : When Sexes Collide
Author
Maureen Dowd
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Politics, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Sociology / General, Gender Studies, Men's Studies, General, Popular Culture, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, Humor
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hq1075.5.U6d68 2005
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-053484
Dewey Decimal
305.3/0973/090511
Dewey Edition
22

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5 out of 5 stars
by kikimarilynsuej...Sep 11, 2018
Engrossing and fascinating.
Well, it is Maureen, after all, and her perspective is on full display here. Great read because of the great prose, wonderful writer that she is, and the subject matter. Fascinating look at the world from a witty, sophisticated, modern and successful woman, a woman flaunting the scars of office/local/national politics proudly. A page turner in the first degree, with some passages so well written I had to stop and go back to re read them again. Loved it!! rjd
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by g6XA4bnRRf-@Del...Dec 10, 2007
She's the best Author
This book is more like sitting down and speaking with the author. That's not to say she had advise to give but mearly wants to share some observations on our culture. It's a fun read! :)
4 out of 5 stars
by catzandkidzJun 21, 2006
Are Men Necessary
This book was full of facts, insight and humor. As stated, there are no easy answers to the question, just lots of things to ponder. It just leaves you with questions, but a smile and shrug to answer them. I really enjoyed it.
1 out of 5 stars
by lildixiebelleMar 04, 2008
Catchy title but boring book
I basically bought the book for the title--more as a joke gift for my husband. We both read it- I think Dowd has the reputation, of a not-very-nice-know-it-all, for a reason. I thought the book was a useless waste of time that never got to the point. My husband thought it was a joke.
4 out of 5 stars
by cuJiASmDQAy@Del...Nov 25, 2008
A good book
This book looks very good and I got a real laugh from the title. I feel some of it seems hard to read but still a good book and it helps to pass the time at home with nothing to do.

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Are Men Necessary? : When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd (2005, Hardcover)

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