Books with title The Man-Made World: Our Androcentric Culture

CHAPTER I. AS TO HUMANNESSCHAPTER II. THE MAN-MADE FAMILYCHAPTER III. HEALTH AND BEAUTYCHAPTER IV. MEN AND ARTCHAPTER V. MASCULINE LITERATURECHAPTER VI. GAMES AND SPORTSCHAPTER VII. ETHICS AND RELIGIONCHAPTER VIII. EDUCATIONCHAPTER IX. "SOCIETY" AND "FASHION"CHAPTER X. LAW AND GOVERNMENTCHAPTER XI. CRIME AND PUNISHMENTCHAPTER XII. POLITICS AND WARFARE - WOMAN AND THE STATECHAPTER XIII. INDUSTRY AND ECONOMICSCHAPTER XIV. A HUMAN WORLD

In this probing critique of "androcentric culture," pioneering feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman analyzes with wit and insight the many negative effects of male domination, not only on women in particular but on the welfare of the human race as a whole. Society's long history of male hegemony and female subservience has not enhanced the natural qualities of the human race but rather distorted them, says Gilman, as can be seen in many of society's institutions. In separate chapters she discusses family, art, literature, games and sports, ethics and religion, education, fashion, law and government, crime and punishment, politics and warfare, and industry and economics. In each case she shows how the domineering male influence has caused grievous problems.

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Published in 1911, this book is a critique of our “androcentric culture.” Pioneering feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman analyzes the issues with a society where men and maleness is considered to be the normality. Our society is too focused on what’s ‘womanly’ and what’s ‘manly’. We divide the world into these categories instead of what’s most important: our humanness which distinguishes us from other creatures…

This book is dedicated with reverent love and gratitude to Lester F. Ward Sociologist and Humanitarian, one of the worlds great men; a creative thinker to whose wide knowledge and power of vision we are indebted for a new grasp of the nature and processes of Society, and to whom all women are especially bound in honor and gratitude for his Gynaecocentric Theory of Life, than which nothing so important to humanity has been advanced since the Theory of Evolution, and nothing so important to women has ever been given to the world.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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