{"product_id":"9781909869127","title":"The Blind Side of Eden","description":"'The Blind Side of Eden should be read by everybody.'\u003cp\u003eNigella Lawson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten at a time when some influential feminists had urged excluding men from the cause, The Blind Side of Eden argued persuasively against this. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing sources as far back as Biblical texts, and supported by original interviews, Carol Lee's classic work described The Battle of the Sexes as a phoney war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe tackled, instead, 'the sexes in perspective', bringing male viewpoints into feminist arguments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnravelling the idea of women and men as opposites living planets apart, it was an 'own goal', she stated, for feminists to ban from their ranks a vast number of potential recruits - men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first books to bring central feminist concerns into the realm of human rights, Lee writes: 'The blind side of Eden is a place where north\/south, east\/west, white\/black, male\/female and culture\/nature are divided.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe demonstrates that systems of control like religious myths and ultra right-wing politics are the real culprits of a segregated world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hard-hitting... determinedly down to earth and irresistibly humorous.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet Barron, New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Blind Side of Eden is bound to cause waves, not least because of its passionate fluency... It is a stimulating argument'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibby Purves, The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057285841136,"sku":"9781909869127","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909869127_p0.jpg?v=1763626965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909869127","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}