Flipping Patriarchy: Imagining a gender-swapped world

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'I love this book' Fern Britton

'Laugh out loud funny' Kate Bottley

An explosive satire of gender stereotypes that flips patriarchy on its head to highlight sexist double standards.

Exploring subjects like work and comedy, history and sport, the beauty industry and domesticity, anonymous author Man Who Has It All imagines a world in which men are bombarded with the same stereotypical bullshit as women. What if men's T-shirts were emblazoned with slogans encouraging them to be smiley, positive and kind What if we laughed at jokes about fathers-in-law, male drivers and middle-class men of a certain age What if men's history was a niche topic Behind the jokes about crazy cat gentlemen, testerical men and the twenty-four-hour moustache, lies a deeper, darker message about language, power and control.

Smart and provocative, Man Who Has It All shines a powerful light on the prejudice ingrained in our society. Told through fictionalised scenarios and wider cultural analysis, this is a feminist handbook that will arm you against the patriarchy.

'Funny and insightful, but also fiercely radical' Victoria Smith

'Takes on patriarchy with wit, verve and a mighty dose of good old British sarcasm' Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room

'We need to hide copies in every locker room, Wetherspoons and B&Q' Eleanor Morton, comedian and actor

'Man Who Has It All does a remarkable job of channelling anger into humour . . . a galvanising read' Rachel Hewitt, author of In Her Nature

Reviews

• 'I love this book. The book all men need to read. Feminists are often regarded as Man Haters but we really arent. We are just tired and disappointed. A small but seismic shift towards sharing life's responsibilities would bring the divorce rate down dramatically. Its not difficult! Congratulations. This book deserves to be a set text in schools' Fern Britton, broadcaster
• 'Laugh out loud funny and soberingly true, a must read whether you are woman of a certain age or not' Kate Bottley, journalist
• 'I loved this book! Funny and insightful, but also fiercely radical, highlighting all the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which empowerment and be kind narratives justify womens exploitation and damage our self-esteem' Victoria Smith, author of Hags
• 'This takes on patriarchy with wit, verve and a mighty dose of good old British sarcasm. You cant help but love Man Who Has It All' Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room
• 'This book should be mandatory reading and we need to hide copies in every locker room, Wetherspoons and B&Q across the country' Eleanor Morton, comedian and actor
• 'Flipping Patriarchy is so precisely observed that reading it is almost painful: I winced as I laughed. Man Who Has It All does a remarkable job of channelling anger into humour, making us newly aware of outrageous inequities that are so entrenched that weve become semi-blind to them. And when the laughter fades, our anger remains: its a galvanising read' Rachel Hewitt, author of In Her Nature

Author Bio

Man Who Has It All is a subversive social media account with almost one million followers. The writer behind Man Who Has It All has previously published The Man Who Has It All: A Patronizing Parody of Self-Help Books for Women. Flipping Patriarchy will be the first time the author writes in their own voice.