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The World of Men

Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist. Her earlier books have addressed the flashpoint issues of our times, such as race and gender, and now she turns her telescopic eye onto the patriarchy, the social construct that determines power and entitlement in every culture of the world. Saini’sall throwing light on the way the patriarchy developed and was sustained across time and space. She argues, however, that how the patriarchy operates depends on who and where we are.

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