Book review : Women and Power, a manifesto by Mary Beard
Book review : Women and Power, a manifesto by Mary Beard The first book I finished this year was Mary Beard’s manifesto on Women and Power. I was quite skeptical when I first read the title, as I do not agree with most modern feminists’ opinion about equality. While I believe men and women deserve equal pay, I also believe men and women have differences, strength and weaknesses that can be explained by science and that contribute to certain traits. This book, even though very short and small, is carefully written, with reference to historical facts to examine women’s relation to power. While some historical references that Mary uses may go back to almost 3000 years ago, they are shockingly relevant to modern situations. She opens up by referring to the first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’, using Odysseus and Penelope’s story. She continued by using various examples how power (and speech) were (and still are) men’s domain and therefore wome...
