{"product_id":"in-defense-of-women-h-l-mencken-9781647994020","title":"In Defense of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand it as reactionary. While Mencken did not champion women's rights, he described women as wiser in many novel and observable ways, while demeaning average men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Mencken's biographer, Fred Hobson: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Depending on the position of the reader, he was either a great defender of women's rights or, as a critic labelled him in 1916, 'the greatest misogynist since Schopenhauer', 'the country's high-priest of woman-haters.'\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original goal of Defense was to help clarify Mencken's views on women, garnered from an inconsistent and confusing reputation in newspaper columns, various reviews, and several plays. Along with Marion Bloom and Kay Laurell, Mencken gathered material for his book not from libraries and universities, but from saloons and hotels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original title for Defense was A Book for Men Only, but other working titles included The Eternal Feminine as well as The Infernal Feminine. (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. L. Mencken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647994020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647994020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliotech Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"H. L. Mencken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439933468927,"sku":"9781647994020","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4698b06e-92c2-46ab-83ec-910677b4b13f.jpg?v=1777179793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-defense-of-women-h-l-mencken-9781647994020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}