Overview
For millions of women, shame is a vicious predator. It tells us weĀ are less than,Ā that we are unworthy. We try everything to escape shameāignoring it, intellectualizing it, and even, ironically, shaming ourselves for feeling it. The reality is that women experience shame more frequently and more intensely than menāa direct result, as acclaimed journalist Melissa Petro explains, of a patriarchal culture that āurges women to feel bad about themselves, and then punishes them when they do.ā Why canāt we figure out how to break the shame cycle once and for all?
In Shame on You, Petro takes on the issue of womenās shame directly with an unflinching look at the social systems that encourage women to believe we are deeply inadequate. From shameās beginnings ( Maybe sheās born with it? Nope, itās misogyny.) to its effect on our lives as adults (How the humiliation of ābad womenā affects us all.), shame poisons our friendships, romantic relationships, and work lives. But it doesnāt have to be that way. Blending investigative reporting, science, literature, and hundreds of womenās personal storiesāincluding her own shameful account of winding up as an unwitting New York Post cover girlāPetro offers us a new way forward. No matter what you do, she explains, there is no escaping being judged. And yet, the women we can becomeāsometimes as a consequence of shame, rather than in spite of itāare powerful indeed. And maybe thatās what others are afraid of.
"Melissa Petro writes so honestly and beautifully about the experiences and feelings that the world teaches women to bury. Here, sheās going deeper, unafraid to explore the rawest corners of blame and suppression. I feel sure this will be the exact book that women need." āJia Tolentino
This book title, Shame on You (How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification), ISBN: 9780593714997, by Melissa Petro, published by Penguin Publishing Group (September 10, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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