''A stunning, big and bold encyclopedia of how to live'' LISA TADDEO''A guide to liberation and a return to the authentic feminine self'' GABOR MAT-b>''Astute, radical and utterly compelling'' KATHERINE MAY_______________Why do women equate self-denial with being -good-?We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We put others- needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. Journalist and podcast host Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses - often lauded as distinctly feminine instincts - are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of social mores:Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These so-called -deadly sins- have been used by the patriarchy to control women throughout our history. For instance, a fear of gluttony drives us to ignore our appetites
