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EAN : 9782355221521
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 140 x 205 mm
NO ONE'S BORN A DUDE

Collection : ZONES
Release date : 05/05/2022
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,” wrote Simone de Beauvoir. It’s high time we revisited that famous feminist motto and applied it to men to interrogate the construction of male identity.
 
Look at men through a feminist lens, and what do we see? Suddenly, we understand how men...
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,” wrote Simone de Beauvoir. It’s high time we revisited that famous feminist motto and applied it to men to interrogate the construction of male identity.
 
Look at men through a feminist lens, and what do we see? Suddenly, we understand how men are made, and the stories we tell about inherent masculine nature prove false. We see that the love men bear for women is not a given. We see that in a way, men prefer men—which doesn’t prevent them from being homophobes.
I am a white woman, trans and lesbian, and my point of view is no less neutral or neutered than anyone else’s. I will call on statistics, theories, histories, stories, drawings, and punchlines to give you a new perspective on your fathers, brothers, partners, exes—and maybe even yourself.
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EAN : 9782355221521
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 140 x 205 mm
La Découverte