Faludi uses her dazzling investigative powers to zap the smug detractors of feminism, the hypocrites, backsliders, and antifeminists. The result is a rich and juicy read, informed by powerful logic and moral clarity
- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed,
Persuasive, fair, entertaining, wonderfully informed, diverting
- Fay Weldon, Daily Mail
The backlash against women is real. This is the book we need to understand it, to struggle through the battle fatigue and to keep going
- Alice Walker,
As ground-breaking in its own way as its two important predecessors, Simone de Beauvoir's <i>The Second Sex </i>and Betty Friedan's <i>The Feminine Mystique</i>, Faludi's book is just as gripping
Newsweek
Recommended as essential reading for both sexes
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