To help explain my recommendation and reasoning it is necessary to take a short look at what the book is saying. The book starts off by talking about the various reasons society feels women to be inferior to men. It seems to be built into our modern society to view men as the norm. Tavris explains early in the book about the experiments that were set up to stu

This book is not a revolutionary type book that brings to attention new ideas and arguments. I have heard in numerous sociology lectures about the problems women face. Women's inequality of power as presented in the book completely supports ideas presented in sociology lectures of the same nature. These topics include the fact that women are generally paid less that men are doing the same job. Generally the books arguments do not contradict arguments that I have heard in lectures. The book's very important point that masculine and feminine behaviors are influenced and created by society can also be backed up from sociology lectures I have attended. Overall the books arguments are consistent with many other arguments on the same general subject.

The book points out that many of the stereotypes about women's behavior are untrue. One of the most important examples of this is the notion of PMS and other so-called women's disorders. Tavris points out that many of the normal body workings of women are now looked at as disorders needing treatment. The author feels that this further makes the male the norm of society because society fails to turn male behavior and body functions into disorders. PMS and menopausal symptoms are normal body responses to hormonal changes according to Tavris. However both those conditions are now treated with drugs like diseases.

Before reading this book I figured that this book was meant entirely for women. However, after reading it I feel that this book is for people in general. It is a human book for all humans regardless of gender or any other arbitrary division in the population. I most certainly recommend it for both men and women. The book allows women to feel better about themselves by doing away with the notion that their behavior or natural body functions are abnormal or disorders. It allows men to get more in touch with their inner-self by showing the many ways society influences behavior. It also shows men what women really want in relationships. I for one realized that men and women generally want the same things out of relationships but show these desires differently. These desires include stability and intimacy, both of which are grouped as women's emotions by society. Men and women both want them but seek them in different ways. Men and women, after reading this book, may be better able to express their feelings to each other. This is due to increased understanding that the opposite sex is not inferior or superior. There are just different ways people express themselves. The inequality of women arises when one gender is considered to be the norm. Both should be considered the norm. I feel the author wrote this book for both men and women to learn from.

Tavris's The Mismeasure of Women sets out to explain than although men and women may act a little different in certain ways, such as expressing feelings, one genders behavior is not superior to the other. The book says that masculine and feminine behaviors a

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