A review by havingsaidthat
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

5.0

Brilliant, instructive and thoroughly depressing. I got very much convinced by Manne's distinction between sexism and misogyny (the ideology underpinning vs the executive arm of patriarchy), and in particular her point that misogyny, rather than being a failure to see women's humanity, is an expression of (violent) hatred of that humanity which is seen as threatening, destabilizing, emasculating. The language here is that of analytical philosophy which needs some getting used to and can sometimes feel like a bit tedious in its academic rigor. I was very impressed how these analytical tools were applied to examples from politics, public life, literature and film though. Highly recommended.