Argues that a man is a human being who works, while a woman chooses to let a man provide for her and her children in return for carefully dispensed praise and sex. This book maintains that only if women and men look at their place in society with honesty, will there be any hope for change.

Autorentext

Esther Vilar was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied medicine and sociology before becoming a writer. She followed the world-wide success of The Manipulated Man with two more books about the relationship between the sexes, The Polygamous Sex and The End of Manipulation, the novels The Mosquito and The Mathematics of Nina Gluckstein and numerous plays, including The American Popess and Speer. Her latest play is Jealousy.She lives in Barcelona and London.

Inhalt
Author's introductionThe slave's happinessWhat is man?What is woman?A woman's horizonThe fair sexThe universe is maleHer stupidity makes woman divineBreaking them inManipulation by means of self-abasementA dictionaryWomen have no feelingsSex as rewardThe female libidoManipulation through bluffCommercialised prayersSelf-conditioningChildren as hostagesWomen's vicesThe mask of femininityThe business world as a hunting groundThe "emancipated" femaleWomen's liberationWhat is love?