Partisan but incisive and accurate
While it is clear that Ms. Vilar is angry at the state of her sex, and she is repelled by the cowardice and manipulative spirit of so many of her gender, she should not be condemned out of hand for her emotional response since it is accompanied by a searingly accurate description of some of the worst traits of the female of the species. The fact is that far too few women demonstrate the intellectual curiosity and the integrity that might be expected from an oppressed group ready to sacrifice to raise its intellectual status. As Ms. Vilar justly observes, all too many are happy and self-indulgent. They are proud to exist in a state of chronic ignorance and many seem to think that it entitles them to rule the opposite sex with an iron grip. I would have liked, however, for her to bring the same energy and intelligence to a critique of the equally distasteful state of the fallen male. All in all, thumbs up--a great book.