Catfight: Women and Competition

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From the critically acclaimed, highly influential author of Slut! comes this meticulously researched investigation into the roots of female competitiveness. Showing this unforgiving, destructive behaviour to be an outgrowth of several different forms of historical sexism, Tanenbaum systematically demythologises the age-old catfight, and reveals two major examples from history where women have successfully worked together for social and legal change: suffrage and sports.

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"Leora is one of the most astute and thoughtful of the new generation of feminist writers." - Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch; "Tanenbaum [has made a] bold step into the literary world to start a bold discussion." - Newsday; "An eye-opening book." - Redbook

Author Bio

Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut!: Growing up Female with a Bad Reputation, has written for Seventeen, Ms., Newsday and The Nation, among other publications.