Misogyny Is Not Inevitable

A book excerpt about how we got here

(Sandra here:) A journalism teacher long ago taught me that the way to add credibility to an argument is by “overstated facts, understated prose.” By “overstated,” she meant not “exaggerated,” but the piling on of well vetted documentation. By “understated prose” she meant no exclamation points or descriptions. Just the facts—they speak for themselves.

I thought of her advice recently when I read a well-researched book that documents how pervasive misogyny has been and continues to be. No hype. The data is enough to horrify without commentary. But the author, Dorothy Littell Greco, does not leave readers in despair. She also offers a way forward.