![]() Some men.” She acknowledges “that some women have explained things in patronizing ways to men among others. She uses this anecdote to illustrate a much wider trend: “Men explain things to me, and other women, whether or not they know what they’re talking about. In the now famous essay from 2008 and the book’s opening chapter, Solnit begins the narrative while in conversation with a very wealthy and patronizing man that attempts to tell her about her own recent book without realizing he is talking to her, the actual author directly in front of him. The book not only highlights what goes wrong in conversations between the sexes, it also examines marriage equality, the silencing of women and the frightening landscape of contemporary violence against women. Solnit’s book of seven essays began with an article she wrote in 2008 of the same name. ![]() ![]() Writer, historian and activist, Rebecca Solnit’s new book, Men Explain Things to Me, is currently one of the most talked about books in America. ![]()
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