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In this ground-breaking investigation, Laura traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spiders web of groups extending from men's rights activists and pick-up artists to Men Going Their Own Way, trolls and the Incel movement, in the name of which some men have committed terrorist acts. Drawing parallels with other extremist movements around the world, Bates seeks to understand what attracts men to the movement, how it grooms and radicalises boys, how it operates and what can be done to stop it.

Women are standing up and #shoutingback. In a culture that's driven by social media, for the first time women are using this online space (@EverydaySexism www.everydaysexism.com) to come together, share their stories, and encourage a new generation to recognise the problems that women face. This book is a call to arms in a new wave of feminism and it proves sexism is endemic - socially, politically, and economically. But women won't stand for it.

Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider web of groups. It includes interviews with former members of these communities, the academics studying this movement, and the men fighting back. Women's rights activist Laura Bates wrote this book as someone who has been the target of many misogynistic attacks online. As Bates went undercover into the corners of the internet, she found an unseen, organized movement of thousands of anonymous men wishing violence (and worse) upon women.

En este libro urgente e innovador, Laura Bates, autora de varios best sellers y fundadora del Proyecto Sexismo Cotidiano, se adentra en la clandestinidad para sacar a la luz vastas redes y comunidades misóginas. Una inmersión profunda en el extremismo mundial. Sus entrevistas con miembros de estos grupos y con las personas que luchan contra ellos ofrecen una visión única del funcionamiento de este movimiento.

Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is, until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never been before - supermax solitary confinement. In this unwelcoming place, surrounded by inmates known as the worst of the worst, is Larry Newton.

They told you that you need to be thin and beautiful. They told you to wear longer skirts, avoid going out late at night, and move in groups - never accept drinks from a stranger, and wear shoes you can run in more easily than heels. They told you to wear just enough makeup to look presentable but not enough to be a slut, to dress to flatter your apple, pear, hourglass figure, but not to reveal too much.

Having won the battle against Mordaunt’s men, the sisterhood is left dealing with grief and banishment. Cass has become a leader but her blossoming new powers threaten to overwhelm her. The fellowship will be tested to their limits as they fight off invading forces and come face to face with Arthur.​​

Cass, die für eine arrangierte Ehe bestimmt ist, träumt von Freiheit. Als eine schöne, kämpferische Frau durch das Dorf reitet und sie einlädt, ihr zu folgen, zögert Cass nicht lange. So wird sie in die geheime Schwesternschaft der Seidenritter eingeführt – Frauen, die das Kämpfen lernen, um ihre Gemeinschaft zu schützen und durch Männer entstandenes Unrecht wiedergutzumachen. Eine aufregende Welt voller tödlicher Fehden tut sich auf. Bald entdeckt Cass, dass sie eine besondere Macht besitzt.

"Certo che ho paura. Ma non è meglio bruciarsi in una vita fatta di gioia ed eccitazione e avventura, invece di stare seduta a casa ad aspettare che una vita di servitù scorra via lentamente, senza aver mai saputo davvero cosa significa vivere?" Il futuro di Cass, diciassette anni, sembra già tutto scritto: un marito, dei figli, un'esistenza tranquilla.

We like to think that we're gradually making progress towards equality. With the advent of ever more high-tech equipment at our fingertips, we tend to assume that progress will be hastened, as new technology is used in positive and democratising ways. But there is a new wave of technologies which threaten this notion. Deepfakes. The metaverse. Cyber brothels. With misogyny being baked into their design, these technologies are dragging women back to the dark ages.

When a small plane crash ends with a group of seven teens washed up on a deserted island, their first thought is survival. With supplies dwindling and the fear of being stranded forever becoming more of a reality, they quickly discover that being the most popular kid in high school doesn’t help when you’re fighting to stay alive.