Men Explain Things To Me And Other Essays

In what is considered to be a great year for feminism, along comes activist and writer Rebecca Solnit with her battle cry of a book to take the crusade further.

She launches a scathing attack on gender inequality based on her own experiences and those of others. Although only a short collection of essays, Men Explain Things To Me doesn’t make for light reading, as she brings to the fore shocking statistics and studies about violent crime, murder and rape — and how the majority are male perpetrators.