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Review: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Sourced from  www.pulse.ng Feminism:  the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My Rating : 4.5 Stars Date Read : 21/05/17 Year Published : 2017 Genre : Non-fiction/Essay SUMMARY Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions- compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive- for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From teaching a young girl to read widely and recognize the role of language in reinforcing unhealthy social norms; encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about appearance, identity, and sexuality; criticizing cultural norms surrounding marriage; and debunking the myths that women are somehow biologically designed to be in the kitchen, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first centu