A Plea to the Feminists (of all genders)

I fought tooth and nail to bring in copies of Dorothy Dinnerstein's The Mermaid and the Minotaur, a polemic which examines the relationship between female-exclusive child-rearing and the misogyny this engenders. The roots of a "gendered" divinity, the roots of feminine self-repression, the roots of male possessiveness, in fact the roots of all gender bias can be found in her simple premise. Nothing else seems to reach the bedrock. The book is passionately argued, fiercely intellectual, and potentially life-changing. I think this is the single most important book ever written on the subject of gender relations. Important not only if you accept her argument, but important in that if you reject it, this is the premise you must defeat. If you don't think this belongs on your bookshelf next to The Second Sex and The Vindication of the Rights of Women, then I will buy it back from you at full price.