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The Women's Room by Marilyn French5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It begins with the bum rap women have when they enjoy themselves in public in the company of men, giving them a “reputation.” It then moves on to the bum rap women get when they marry and become housewives, supporting their husbands in their careers, cooking and cleaning, and rearing children without any help. French’s book is a novel, but full of lengthy musings and speeches about feminist theory and the power struggles and relationships (sometimes indistinguishable from one another) between men and women. Published in 1978, The Women’s Room seems to be in the same class of feminist literature that gave rise to The Second Sex and The Feminine Mystique. After attending our event, we browsed the shelf and among the books I selected was Marilyn French’s The Women’s Room. They receive donations from patrons, and duplicates or books they don’t want end up on a 5 shekel shelf outside the library. ![]() Besides offices, event and conference rooms, and a small radio studio, the AACI has a very good English library. A couple of months ago, the Cap’n and I went to an event at the new, beautiful AACI (Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel) offices in Talpiot. ![]()
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