How Long to Read In Defense of Women

How Long Does it Take to Read In Defense of Women?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read In Defense of Women by H. L. Mencken

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

He was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, but like most men of his time, he was never more clueless about women than when he believed himself most enlightened about them. American satirist and cultural critic HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956) "clarified" his many contradictory ideas about women-espoused over a long career as a journalist-in this controversial 1918 treatise on the relationship between the genders that even some contemporary critics saw as misogynist. Today, we may generously deem Mencken's ideas on women ironic, but an honest 21st-century reading will find them demeaning, if entertainingly so. This very modern man declares women more intelligent but less civilized than men, and pretends to insult men as a way to elevate women, which does nothing but place women in the very spot today's feminists rankle to be in: on a pedestal. In the end, Mencken reveals his preferred woman: intelligent enough to amuse him, but not so intelligent that she's frustrated by being reduced to such an undignified role. From the supposed end of marriage to "woman suffrage" (the author was not a fan), this is a work that is both essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the mind of Mencken and an important supplementary text of feminist history...if only as a demonstration of a contrary position.

How long is In Defense of Women?

In Defense of Women by H. L. Mencken is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Defense of Women Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read In Defense of Women aloud.

What Reading Level is In Defense of Women?

In Defense of Women is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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