The Patriarchs by Angela Saini

The Patriarchs by Angela Saini'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam SangheraIn this bold and radical book, award winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a complex history of how male domination became embedded in societies and spread across the globe.'By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is:

grouped with younger and older neighbours

but shows that sometimes a new life is possible

she is owned by a man she despises and lives as a slave in Pompeii's infamous brothel

Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties

and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams

But in the arc of a year

hibernating bears and chimpanzees high in the forest canopy

Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls his Iron Mask

If you're wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it

occupied on each walk with Friedrich Nietzsche's ambulation through the same region while writing

While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished

'Rich in historical detail