In Defense of Women (1918)

by H. L. Mencken

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In Defense of Women might well be considered a libertarian compliment to George Bernard Shaw's Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. As with Shaw's book this volume is an admixture of feminism tinged with masculine concern for the survival of marriage and love in a twentieth century already witness to rapid change and the social breakdown of conventions that accompany such changes. Hardly a paeon of praise to women, it is more an interpretation that the natural advantages of being a female can translate into psychological traits that are hardly admirable.… (more)

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laplantelibrary | Mar 14, 2022 |

fascinating reading, 90 years after it was written, this edition being published about 5 years later. Mencken was a complicated person, and his writing is in the same mold. After reading this book, I checked author out on Wikipedia.com . I recommend the same order of reading. (

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I wish I had even a tenth of Mencken's talent for writing. (

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Hobson, Fred	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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H. L. Mencken 5 volume set: Treatise on the Gods, The Impossible H. L. Mencken (selection of best newspaper stories), In Defense of Women, Vintage Mencken (gathered by Alistair Cooke), Prejudices: a selection by H. L. Mencken

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In Defense of Women might well be considered a libertarian compliment to George Bernard Shaw's Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. As with Shaw's book this volume is an admixture of feminism tinged with masculine concern for the survival of marriage and love in a twentieth century already witness to rapid change and the social breakdown of conventions that accompany such changes. Hardly a paeon of praise to women, it is more an interpretation that the natural advantages of being a female can translate into psychological traits that are hardly admirable.

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