The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
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The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is a feminist manifesto by Mona Eltahawy that urges women and girls to embrace qualities traditionally condemned in them—such as anger, ambition, and defiance—as tools for dismantling patriarchy.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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feminist manifesto ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
dismantling patriarchy
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gender justice ⓘ women's liberation ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge internalized patriarchy
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inspire feminist rebellion ⓘ redefine acceptable female behavior ⓘ |
| author | Mona Eltahawy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
misogyny
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patriarchal norms ⓘ religious fundamentalism ⓘ respectability politics ⓘ state violence against women ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
breaking gendered social conditioning
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collective feminist resistance ⓘ sexual freedom for women ⓘ women's bodily autonomy ⓘ |
| form | manifesto ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist literature
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political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Middle Eastern feminist perspective
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global feminism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female empowerment
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feminism ⓘ gender equality ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| notableFor | reclaiming traits condemned in women as tools of liberation ⓘ |
| proposes |
embracing ambition
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embracing anger ⓘ embracing attention-seeking ⓘ embracing lust ⓘ embracing power ⓘ embracing profanity ⓘ embracing violence as self-defense ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Headscarves and Hymens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
feminist activists
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girls ⓘ women ⓘ |
| tone |
confrontational
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provocative ⓘ radical ⓘ |
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