The Miseducation of Women by James Tooley
Girls and boys are different. So why do our schools insist on treating them as identical? Could this misguided equality have anything to do with the increasing dissatisfaction among women that is revealed in survey after survey? Do gender-blind educational policies in fact work to women's disadvantage? Bringing together many women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan to Germaine Greer, James Tooley challenges education's sacred cows, demanding a radical rethinking of sexual politics and a fairer way forward for women. The Miseducation of Women landed like a bombshell when it was published in England a few months ago; but Mr. Tooley's book, replete with examples and anecdotes from the United States as well as Great Britain, has equal application to the gender arguments on this side of the Atlantic.
"Judging from the attention his anti-feminist thesis has received, he seems to have struck a chord--or in some cases, a nerve"--Daily Telegraph
"It could be the first major political realignment of the 21st century; James Tooley, the right-wing champion of private education, agreeing (in part, at least) with libertarian feminist Germaine Greer....What is certain is that this book is designed to create a stir."--The Times Educational Supplement
"Those icons of feminism come in for a bashing....Tooley argues that one strand of feminism dominates education, a strand that says women must be free to act like men, and if necessary must be forced to be free."--Independent on Sunday
"It could be the first major political realignment of the 21st century; James Tooley, the right-wing champion of private education, agreeing (in part, at least) with libertarian feminist Germaine Greer....What is certain is that this book is designed to create a stir."--The Times Educational Supplement
"Those icons of feminism come in for a bashing....Tooley argues that one strand of feminism dominates education, a strand that says women must be free to act like men, and if necessary must be forced to be free."--Independent on Sunday
JAMES TOOLEY is Professor of Education at Newcastle University, Director of Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and author of Reclaiming Education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826450944 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826450946 |
| Title | The Miseducation of Women |
| Author | James Tooley |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2002-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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