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  <default_description>&quot;Illuminating and informative....Essential reading.&quot;&lt;br&gt;THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW&lt;br&gt;Writing with great passion, warmth, and wit on a subject that's never been explored in these terms before, Susan Brownmiller draws on the many manifestations of femininity through the ages, and demonstrates in beautiful and telling detail the many powerful nuances of that one word.&lt;br&gt;&quot;A positive joy to read!&quot;&lt;br&gt;Nora Ephron&lt;br&gt;CHICAGO TRIBUNE BOOK WORLD</default_description>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[She takes various &quot;aspects&quot; of femininity, puts them in a historical context, looks at them up through the feminist movement, adds her own critiques, and compares all this to what is expected of men.  I enjoyed it.  Women have a crazy amount of societal expectations placed on them, and she...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74912892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I whish that when women were speaking of reading “chick - lit” these are the kind of books they were referring to.  <br/><br/>This book fiercely attacks the beauty standards that women daily and tireless  attempt to stand up to.  She references the history of why beauty is what it is, such as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22318932">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, baby, wake up and smell the misogeny!<br/><br/>Tho I'm not the uber-feminist I once was when I read this at age 22 (I shave now, care how I look and I accept that others have the right to their opinions), the book's critical analysis of the feminine did make me very aware of different injunc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35475565">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was this month's selection for my feminist book club and I loved it!  It was written in the 80s but everything in it is (unfortunately) still relevant today.  I have always felt uncomfortable with my lack of free choice with regard to appearing feminine or not; this book helped me understand be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25553532">more...</a>]]></body>
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