Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women [Hardcover]

A harbinger of civilizational demise&. Read the book.  A harbinger of civilizational demise&. Read the book. Sarah Ruden is a translator, literary critic, cultural historian, classical philologist and Quaker. She also happens to be a blistering polemicist on the issue of reproductive rights, a talent she may never have realized if it werent for the steamrolling of those rights in our current political moment . . . Her book reflects a newfound determination on the part of some writers and thinkers to make an energetic case for rights that were long assumed settled but can no longer be taken for granted. With the right mix of humor and outrage, Sarah Ruden takes us on a sobering tour of western cultures ever more sinister arguments for controlling womens fertility. This is a bracing reminder of what we are up against in the fight for reproductive rights. Expansive . . . the books greatest strength lies in Rudens wry criticism . . . a biting, revelatory overview of misogynys long literary history. Vivid . . . Ruden successfully advocates for a world governed by saner reproductive health policies . . . A timeless treatise. Well-researched . . . A fresh take on the long history of suppressing womens reproductive freedoms. Bold and brilliant, witty and original, a revelation. Ruden's energy lights up her subjects and makes them crackle. If you love women and history, this book is for you.