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SUMMARY:Feminist Bookclub: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman
DESCRIPTION:Feminism Meetup\n\nFeminist Bookclub: Woman's Inhumanity to Wom
 an\, by Phyllis Chesler.\n\nFrom Publishers Weekly\nChesler\, author of the
  bestselling Woman and Madness\, explores the "shadow side" of sisterhood: 
 women treating each other badly. How could her own mother have been so mean
  to her? How could someone who "borrowed" published ideas from her not ackn
 owledge her or say "thank you"? In this treatise on breaking the "cycle of 
 cruelty" between women\, controversial feminist Chesler addresses why siste
 rs fight\, why some women prefer to work for men rather than for women\, an
 d other highly subjective cases of woman/woman cruelty. From the "demented 
 Demeters" and "murderous Electras" of Greek mythology to modern-day Mommie 
 Dearest\, Chesler warns\, mothers and daughters are doomed. Whether they ac
 knowledge their mothers' viciousness\, as Chesler does\, or whether they're
  "unconscious" and suffer "amnesia" about the hurt\, she says\, the pattern
 s are set. Throughout girlhood and into adult life\, women repeat the basic
  lesson in Chesler's words\, "maternal envy teaches daughters to be passive
 \, fearful\, conformist\, obedient as well as similarly cruel to other wome
 n." Thus\, she says\, "an assertive woman manager might be viewed as bitchy
  and non-maternal." This comment is certainly more digestible than\, say\, 
 "what complicates the aging process is a woman's life-long experience of al
 l other women as rivals and potential replacements." Chesler draws her evid
 ence from interviews with an unspecified group of women with horror stories
 : backstabbing by feminist colleagues\, sadistic gynecologists\, battering 
 lesbians\, etc. Needless to say\, her book sometimes comes off as quite cyn
 ical\, despite her claim that "I would like women to treat each other in go
 od ways." (Mar.)Forecast: It's prickly and contentious\, but it's Chesler s
 o expect some buzz in the academic feminist circles she inhabits.\n\nCopyri
 ght 2002 Cahners Business Information\, Inc.\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Woman
 s-Inhumanity-Woman-Phyllis-Chesler/dp/0452284082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books
 &qid=1230993250&sr=1-1\n***************************************************
 ***************\n\nThis was another suggestion for the bookclub\, I'm intri
 gued because of the description and a little info about the author's intent
 ions.  So I'm really looking forward to this discussion -make sure to read 
 some of the book and come out for what promises to be a fascinating talk!\n
 \n-Nichole\n\nToronto\, ON  M5V 2B3 - Canada\n\nWednesday\, February 25 at 
 7:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/a/0/2/even
 t_1487618.jpeg\n\nAttending: 16\n\nDetails: http://feminism.meetup.com/209/
 calendar/9432933/
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