Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE PROBLEM OF MEN; The root of the problem; Domesticating men; The symmetrical fallacy; Making men useful; 2. FAIRY TALE RESOLUTION; Uses of allegory; Unpicking the metaphor; Reading different messages; 3. A FROG'S LIFE; The witch's curse; In the forest; Useful play; Drones and drifters; 4. THE ROYAL FIX; The transformation; The seed of patriarchy; Royal clothes; Over the wall; 5. SECRETS OF THE PALACE; Sexual markets; Patriarchal phallacies; The sexual contract; 6. FEMALE MAGIC; Church and state
Redeeming menAltruistic spells; Divine obligations; 7. THE INDEPENDENT PRINCESS; Heresy and schism; The provider state; Fighting for the crown; 8. COLLAPSING REALMS; A plague of frogs; Economy under siege; Abandoning the palace; 9. LOST IN THE FOREST; Waking up to the problem; Finding new paths; Carrying on together; 10. RESTORING THE PALACE; Clearing out heresies; Bringing home the breadwinner; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Originally published 1996 by Transaction Publishers
