In Defense of Women (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
| Author: | H.L. Mencken | ISBN: | 9781411430679 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | September 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | H.L. Mencken |
| ISBN: | 9781411430679 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | September 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
Cynical quips like “Marriage: the end of hope” and “Wife: a former sweetheart” led critics to label H. L. Mencken "the country's high priest of woman-haters." Needless to say, his publication of In Defense of Women must have come as quite a shock. Here, Mencken argues that women possess a "superior intelligence" and are “the supreme realists of the race." Man, by contrast, is a helpless romantic: "without a woman to rule him and to think for him, he is a truly lamentable spectacle."
Cynical quips like “Marriage: the end of hope” and “Wife: a former sweetheart” led critics to label H. L. Mencken "the country's high priest of woman-haters." Needless to say, his publication of In Defense of Women must have come as quite a shock. Here, Mencken argues that women possess a "superior intelligence" and are “the supreme realists of the race." Man, by contrast, is a helpless romantic: "without a woman to rule him and to think for him, he is a truly lamentable spectacle."
