Sex & Money: Feminism and Political Economy in the Media (Commerce and Mass Culture Series)

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Summary: If you lived in the 40's, 50's or 60's, you know better.
Review: This book qualifies as the sexist rantings of someone (or two) who obviously are creating a rationale for feeling alienated from the real world. They have no concept of the mood of the period, the motivations, the hardships, the desires and the aspirations of the women (and men) who lived during these years (pre-war in the late 30s, wartime and post-war through the 50s and 60s). It's apparent they rely only on those statistics that seem to support their hypothesis that women have been wronged badly during that time period and manipulated by unscrupulous, male-dominated commercial interests. Totally off the target. But, if you feel alienated and disadvantaged simply because you're a woman, and if you're looking for a conduit for those feelings, this is one of those books that will add fuel to your existing conclusion that you have been, and are being, exploited. However, if you are interested in what really happened, forget this book completely. It's conclusions are totally untruthful. In fact, the book almost makes a religion of being misleading. It demonstrates not only a serious lack of knowledge by the authors, it also is insincere in that it reports speciously to the reader about issues that never existed and it uses irrelevant statistical references to disguise the fact that its arguments are extremely weak or unsupportable. Bottom line: if you have a relatively reasonable positive feeling about yourself and your place in the world, don't bother with this book unless you're curious about seeing the transparency of "the others" -- those who are relatively unhappy about their lives and want you to join them.