{"product_id":"female-rage-and-its-suppression-linsey-myles-9798235641976","title":"Female Rage and Its Suppression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy are women taught to apologise for anger before they have even finished feeling it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFemale Rage and Its Suppression\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, intelligent, and deeply researched exploration of the emotion women have been trained to hide, soften, explain away, or turn against themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross law, medicine, psychology, literature, politics, work, family life, and intimate relationships, this book traces the long history of female anger being labelled dangerous, hysterical, irrational, difficult, hormonal, or mad. It examines how women's anger has been punished, medicalised, dismissed, and controlled, from the common scold and the scold's bridle to hysteria, the rest cure, workplace tone policing, online abuse, and the modern vocabulary of dismissal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about rage as chaos.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about rage as information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, readers will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How girls are taught early to distrust their own anger\u003cbr\u003e- Why female anger has so often been treated as a threat to social order\u003cbr\u003e- How words like \u003cem\u003ehysterical\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eshrill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003edifficult\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ehormonal\u003c\/em\u003e are used to silence women\u003cbr\u003e- The physical and psychological costs of suppressing anger\u003cbr\u003e- How anger operates in relationships, workplaces, politics, art, and digital culture\u003cbr\u003e- Why Black women and working-class women face different and often harsher penalties for anger\u003cbr\u003e- How women's anger has fuelled resistance, reform, creativity, and liberation\u003cbr\u003e- What it means to reclaim anger as a moral signal rather than a personal failure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerious, bold, and unflinching, \u003cem\u003eFemale Rage and Its Suppression\u003c\/em\u003e gives language to something many women have felt but were taught not to name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe anger was never the problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe silencing was.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linsey Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235641976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shadow House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Linsey Myles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874723803391,"sku":"9798235641976","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/female-rage-and-its-suppression-linsey-myles-9798235641976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}