{"product_id":"gender-on-planet-earth-hardback-9780745629636","title":"Gender on Planet Earth (Hardback) 9780745629636","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender on Planet Earth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnn Oakley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745629636, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 October 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is an intriguing and challenging collection of disparate essays, written with commitment.\" \u003ci\u003eKen Worpole, Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"On many levels this is a timely and convincing gazetteer of contemporary human and political folly, and Oakley freqently turns a very neat phrase, as when she notes that \"cars dominate public space in much the same way that men dominate public life\"....This is an intriguing and challenging collection of disparate essays\". Ken Worpole, Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative analysis of gender inequality's destructive effects on our society and our planet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging and powerful new book, the influential author and social scientist Ann Oakley mounts a devastating argument about the state of our humanity. Drawing on examples such as the simple experience of riding a bicycle through London, the way we've become ‘sick to death of women', and the environmental abuse of our planet, she shows how every aspect of our lives is dominated by male\/female power structures, and forces us to take a step back and see how and why gender inequality has thrown our society out of balance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Gender on Planet Earth, Oakley argues that the persistence of traditional gender values prevents us from leading more ethical and humane lives. Governed by \"delusional systems\" such as psychoanalysis and sociobiology, we assume that the imbalance of the sexes is the inevitable consequence of our genes, psyches and unchangeable economic motives. Drawing from a broad array of literature, Oakley combines personal narrative with social commentary and eye-opening statistics to provide a provocative account of the state we're really in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Self and Other Dramas 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 On the Problem of Women and Bicycles 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Manslaughter 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Sick to Death of Women 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Angeles in the House 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Family Values 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 The Rape of Mother Earth 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Delusional Systems 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 World-traveling 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Civic Rituals and Real Futures 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 230\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406588539160,"sku":"9780745629636","price":50.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745629636.jpg?v=1784140469","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-on-planet-earth-hardback-9780745629636","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}