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The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship

Paperback • 2015 • English

The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship

By Marilyn Yalom

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About the book

From historian and acclaimed feminist author of How the French Invented Love and A History of the Wife comes this rich, multifaceted history of the evolution of female friendship. In today's culture, the bonds of female friendship are taken as a given. But only a few centuries ago, the idea of female friendship was completely unacknowledged, even pooh-poohed. Only men, the reasoning went, had the emotional and intellectual depth to develop and sustain these meaningful relationships. Surveying hi...Show more

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ISBN

9780062265500

Publisher

HARPER PERENNIAL

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship

Format

Paperback

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