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Title	:	Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes
Author	:	Gerd Brantenberg
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	February 28th 1995 by Seal Press (first published 1977)
Categories	:	Feminism. Fiction. Gender. Science Fiction. Novels. Gender Studies

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Welcome to the land of Egalia, where gender roles are topsy-turvy as "wim" wield the power and "menwim" light the home fires. This re-telling of the prototypical coming-of age novel will have readers laughing out loud and wondering who should prevail: poor Petronius, who wants more than anything to cruise the oceans as a seawom; or his powerful and protective mother Director Bram, who rules her family with an authoritarian righteousness. But for better or for worse, as the masculist party begins to organize and protest, the landscape of Egalia threatens to change forever. More than just a humorous romp, Egalia's Daughters poses the provocative question of whether the culprit in gender subjugation is gender itself or power-no matter who wields it.

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Original Title:	Egalias døtre
ISBN:	1878067583 (ISBN13: 9781878067586)
Edition Language:	English

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What if there was a matriarch, men ate the Pill, wore pehos ("The boys said it was awkward and uncomfortable, cramming your penis into that stupid box. And it was so impractical when you had to pee.")and dressed in tiny clothes designed to show off your body?The book is not just an interesting - sometimes absolutely hilarious, sometimes tragic - role reversal, but is also a commentary on the supposed neutrality of language.Eg wom, wim: woman, womenmanwom, manwim: man, menmafele: malefele: female

My mom, a second-wave feminist, had this book laying around the house. I picked it up and had a lot of good laughs over it. Egalia's Daughters is set in a world where women hold the power. As such, many elements of the world that we take for granted are subverted here. Women are called wim (wom for the individual), while men are called menwim (menwom for the individual). Men have to wear a kind of penis bra that holds their genitals up to make them seem more appealing to women. Men are expected

I read this book in my Gender & Language class at UCLA. I remember finding it hard to get into, but then I was hooked...it's a fascinating twist on our society that makes you reevaluate some of your own preconceived notions about the sexes. It's enlightening and entertaining, if a bit sad, but well worth the effort.

There was a time in the 70s when menwims lib was treated with outrage and condescension. When the menwim-libbers threatened to crush the matriarchy, habitually burning their pehos at demonstrations, the wim in charge of the superstructure cowering in their castles and using scorn via the media to defuse the threat. Now times are different. Mothers For Justice campaigners climb up London landmarks in supershero costumes demanding more rights over their children in divorces. Sexism is scrutinised

The satirical dialogue that Gerd Brantenberg elicits in her piece examines the upside down imaginings of gender roles reversed between females and males in an inverted world. Brantenberg illuminates how even in our progressive society sexism and gender inequalities are still very much alive and how these inequalities are so universally accepted that we do not even realize the injustice in such supposed norms.

This is a somewhat disturbing but really interesting book. A sci-fi? fantasy? in which women have the power and sexism is a way of life for men. Thought-provoking.

I read this book in my Gender & Language class at UCLA. I remember finding it hard to get into, but then I was hooked...it's a fascinating twist on our society that makes you reevaluate some of your own preconceived notions about the sexes. It's enlightening and entertaining, if a bit sad, but well worth the effort.