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Blogs Liberty and Power Religion and Misogyny

Aug 21, 2009

Religion and Misogyny

by Liberty and Power

Good review essay by Johann Hari of what looks to be an important book on how, even today, many cultures perpetuate hardcore misogyny by claiming religious inspiration, which makes them essentially immune to criticism.