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In Defense of Women

by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

EN·~4 hours·54 chapters

Chapters

54 total

IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN - by H. L. Mencken

1:26

Introduction

14:00

I. The Feminine Mind

0:01

1. The Maternal Instinct

2:49

2. Women’s Intelligence

4:30

3. The Masculine Bag of Tricks

5:48

4. Why Women Fail

5:25

5. The Thing Called Intuition

4:50

II. The War Between the Sexes

0:01

6. How Marriages are Arranged

5:46

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Essays, Letters & Speeches

1470 titles

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Gender & Sexuality Studies

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Philosophy & Ethics

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Duration

~4 hours (243K characters)

Release date

1998-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1270

Subjects

Women -- Social and moral questions Women -- Social conditions Sexism HQ

About the author

H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

1880–1956

A sharp-tongued journalist and cultural critic, he became one of the most recognizable American literary voices of the early 20th century. His essays, reporting, and satire made him famous for taking aim at politics, religion, and social pretensions with fearless wit.

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