On Our Best Behavior - The Price Women Pay to Be Good

We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In Since being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century, the Seven Deadly Sins--pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth--have exerted insidious power. Even today, in our largely secular, patriarchal society, they continue to circumscribe women’s behavior. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap. In

Product details

• Authors: Elise Loehnen, Loehnen Elise
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9780593243053
• ISBN: 978-0-593-24305-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Gender studies: women and girls