An <b>important and compelling</b> analysis of a phenomenon that's everywhere. Out of Manne's thoughtful analysis, of not just much-debated high-profile events but also everyday experiences, emerge insight after insight into the what, why, when, and how of misogyny
- Cordelia Fine, Big Issue
Fiercely argued and timely
- Paul Bloom, New Yorker
Manne's book is a <b>forensic and clever</b> analysis which provides the cogs and wheels of how the system of patriarchal policing works, in our minds, as well as in our world. . . <i>Down Girl</i> offers a sharply cut prism through which to view our everyday experience
- Afua Hirsch, Times Literary Supplement
Everyone should read <i>Down Girl</i>. <b>It should be distributed in schools and every board room, athletic department and legislative space</b>
- Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her,
The moment is ripe for a reckoning, and Manne offers the language and theory I've found myself grasping for. . . <b>She combines the hyper-articulateness of a philosopher and the energy and humor of a down-to-earth millennial, which is electrifying</b>
- Regan Penaluna, Guernica Magazine
<b>A<i> </i>must-read. . . should be in every feminist's library</b>. . . <i>Down Girl</i> is destined to become a feminist literary classic alongside the likes of <i>The Beauty Myth</i> by Naomi Wolf or Betty Friedan's <i>The Feminine Mystique</i>
- Jennifer Taylor Skinner, The Electorette
Really excellent. . . timely and intellectually rigorous
- Nigel Warburton,
Kate Manne does a jaw-droppingly brilliant job of explaining gender and power dynamics which have always been purposefully muddied, but which shape how and to whom sympathy and presumptions of full humanity accrue. . . Perceptive, bold, stylishly written and bracingly clear eyed, <b><i>Down Girl </i>is one of the best books I have ever read on gender and power; I will never stop learning from it</b>
- Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad,
An exciting next-generation feminist philosopher
- Elizabeth Anderson,
<i>Down Girl</i> is excruciatingly well-timed, providing a theoretical framework for a phenomenon baring itself before us, perverse and pervasive. . . It reminds us that while revealing individual misogynists is hard, uprooting misogyny is much harder
- Carlos Lozada, Washington Post