"I HATE MEN " / we recommend/

'I HATE MEN' Snježana Pavić Snježana Pavić A book that raised dust in France: 'This is an invitation to women to imagine a new way of life' "Misandry exists only as a reaction to misogyny, which is at the root of systemic violence," the book says. Pauline Harmange Pauline Harmange Pauline Harmange / twitter Posted: September 18MessShe is 25 years old, she published her first book, in 400 copies, for a small publisher. It became a hit because a government official demanded a ban on the book because, he claims, it propagates hatred towards men. Pauline Harmange's book "I Hate Men" sold 2,500 copies in just two weeks, and a third edition is now awaited by a major publisher. Ralph Zurmély , a special adviser to the French Ministry of Gender Equality, is calling for a ban on the book for inciting hatred towards men. Zurmély sent an email to the publishing house Monstrograph with a request to withdraw the book from sale. Pauline Harmange's book is an ode to misandry, that is, hatred of men, he stated and warned that "inciting hatred based on sex is a criminal offense." As with us, under French law, it is punishable to incite hatred based on race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. The threat of a special adviser to the French government raised a lot of dust. Should my favorite Michel Houellebecq be banned for open misogyny? The ministry has distanced itself from the angry adviser, but Zurmély insists: the publisher is a direct participant in the crime, he says, so if the Monstrograph continues to sell Pauline Harmange's book, it threatens to file a complaint with the state prosecutor's office. I will be obliged to do so, the advisor points out. In the book "I Hate Men", a 25-year-old feminist and activist from Lille asks if women have a good reason to hate men. In her opinion, anger towards men can actually be a "joyful and liberating way if he is allowed to express himself", reports the British Guardian. No, Paulina Harmange does not call for killing men. It also does not call for locking men with stoves and washing machines, with an iron and dirty diapers. Harmange poses an intellectual challenge to readers: perhaps we should first remove men from ourselves so that we may think, in order to create a place for true communication among women? The book is an invitation to women to imagine a new way of life, says the author, in which they could express themselves in a way they have not been able to imagine before. To take less account of the often unargued views of men. To think about the old one, it is better to be alone than in bad company. And they rediscover the power of female relationships, full of reciprocity, tenderness and strength. The problem is that men too often don’t understand women’s arguments at all, women’s and feminist voices aren’t always welcome, says diplomat Pauline Harmange in an interview with the Guardian.