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Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World, by Charlotte Gilman is an important liberal feminist text. The text purports that rather than exploring what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.Any profits generated from... Read Full Overview

Let us begin, inoffensively, with sheep. The sheep is a beast with which we are all familiar, being much used in religious imagery; the common stock of painters; a staple article of diet; one of our main sources of clothing; and an everyday symbol of bashfulness and stupidity.In... Read Full Overview

Published in 1911, this book is a critique of our “androcentric culture.” Pioneering feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman analyzes the issues with a society where men and maleness is considered to be the normality. Our society is too focused on what’s ‘womanly’ and what’s ‘manly’... Read Full Overview

The Man-Made World (1911) is a sociological study by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Inspired by her work as a social reformer and advocate for women's suffrage, Gilman sought to write a work of nonfiction that explained the effects of patriarchy... Read Full Overview

Let us begin, inoffensively, with sheep. The sheep is a beast with which we are all familiar, being much used in religious imagery; the common stock of painters; a staple article of diet; one of our main sources of clothing; and an everyday symbol of bashfulness and stupidity.In... Read Full Overview

This book is a liberal feminist text. The author analyzes the many negative effects of male domination, not only on women in particular but on the welfare of the human race as a whole. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate... Read Full Overview

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behavior, we should investigate what it is to be human

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behavior, we should investigate what it is to be human

The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture (+Biography and Bibliography) (Matte Cover Finish): A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human

A collection of 15 fantasy short stories, similar to the "Arabian Nights", set in Chicago.

""Our Androcentric Culture"" is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that explores the ways in which our society is centered around men and male perspectives. Gilman argues that this androcentric culture has led to the oppression and marginalization of women and other marginalized... Read Full Overview

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.