Regiment of Women - Revision history

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	* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."		* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."
	* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]		* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]
	* The title is a misstatement of the work in "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558) by John Knox, which argued against female monarchs on religious grounds. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstrous_Regimen_of_Women Wikipedia].) See [[Monstrous Regiment of Women (~~disambugation~~)]] for other works with similar titles.		* The title is a misstatement of the work in "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558) by John Knox, which argued against female monarchs on religious grounds. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstrous_Regimen_of_Women Wikipedia].) See [[Monstrous Regiment of Women (disambiguation)]] for other works with similar titles.

	==Conflicting reviews==		==Conflicting reviews==

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	* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."		* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."
	* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]		* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]
			* The title is a misstatement of the work in "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558) by John Knox, which argued against female monarchs on religious grounds. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstrous_Regimen_of_Women Wikipedia].) See [[Monstrous Regiment of Women (disambugation)]] for other works with similar titles.

	==Conflicting reviews==		==Conflicting reviews==

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egalia's daughters

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	Portraying a [[gender role reversal society]], men are subject to rape and many of the social ills that women under patriarchy are. However, sexist stereotypes of feminists and women are used to create the dystopian matriarchy: dissolution of families, sex, and so forth. A central theme is the unnatural matriarchal sex, in which women penetrate men using dildos; the protagonist revels in and relishes a return to "natural" heterosexual sex, in which penile penetration of vaginas is normative. Homosexuality is erased. This preoccupation with the unnaturalness of woman-on-man sex is probably the most obvious feature of the book. Berger clearly seems to swallow the stereotype that feminism was about women trying to act like men, to upset the natural biological roles.		Portraying a [[gender role reversal society]], men are subject to rape and many of the social ills that women under patriarchy are. However, sexist stereotypes of feminists and women are used to create the dystopian matriarchy: dissolution of families, sex, and so forth. A central theme is the unnatural matriarchal sex, in which women penetrate men using dildos; the protagonist revels in and relishes a return to "natural" heterosexual sex, in which penile penetration of vaginas is normative. Homosexuality is erased. This preoccupation with the unnaturalness of woman-on-man sex is probably the most obvious feature of the book. Berger clearly seems to swallow the stereotype that feminism was about women trying to act like men, to upset the natural biological roles.

	; Quotes		For a feminist take on the subject matter, see ''[[Egalia's Daughters]]'' by [[Gerd Brantenberg]].

			==Quotes==
	* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."		* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."
	* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]		* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]

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	'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia. Portraying a [[gender role reversal society]], men are subject to rape and many of the social ills that women under patriarchy are. However, sexist stereotypes of feminists and women are used to create the dystopian matriarchy: dissolution of families, sex, and so forth. A central theme is the unnatural matriarchal sex, in which women penetrate men using dildos; the protagonist revels in and relishes a return to "natural" heterosexual sex, in which penile penetration of vaginas is normative. Homosexuality is erased. This preoccupation with the unnaturalness of woman-on-man sex is probably the most obvious feature of the book.		'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.

			Portraying a [[gender role reversal society]], men are subject to rape and many of the social ills that women under patriarchy are. However, sexist stereotypes of feminists and women are used to create the dystopian matriarchy: dissolution of families, sex, and so forth. A central theme is the unnatural matriarchal sex, in which women penetrate men using dildos; the protagonist revels in and relishes a return to "natural" heterosexual sex, in which penile penetration of vaginas is normative. Homosexuality is erased. This preoccupation with the unnaturalness of woman-on-man sex is probably the most obvious feature of the book. Berger clearly seems to swallow the stereotype that feminism was about women trying to act like men, to upset the natural biological roles.

			; Quotes
			* "If he was going to be builder and killer, he could be boss once in a while. Also, he was the one with the protuberant organ."
			* Postscript: "Woman was God's second mistake." -- [[Nietzsche]]


	==Conflicting reviews==		==Conflicting reviews==
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	:: [[User:Lquilter\|Lquilter]]: It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.		:: [[User:Lquilter\|Lquilter]]: It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.
	* NoSoupForYou "Doc", Amazon reviewer: "Some people see Berger's "Regiment of Women" as an anti-feminist diatribe. I've always seen it as a pro-feminist book, with Berger essentially satirizing the extreme exaggerations of those who said women's lib would make women "masculine". "<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBDZVPC8R2L1/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0671214926&nodeID=283155&tag=&linkCode= amazon.com review]</ref>		* NoSoupForYou "Doc", Amazon reviewer: "Some people see Berger's "Regiment of Women" as an anti-feminist diatribe. I've always seen it as a pro-feminist book, with Berger essentially satirizing the extreme exaggerations of those who said women's lib would make women "masculine". "<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBDZVPC8R2L1/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0671214926&nodeID=283155&tag=&linkCode= amazon.com review]</ref>


	==References==		==References==

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	'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.		'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia. Portraying a [[gender role reversal society]], men are subject to rape and many of the social ills that women under patriarchy are. However, sexist stereotypes of feminists and women are used to create the dystopian matriarchy: dissolution of families, sex, and so forth. A central theme is the unnatural matriarchal sex, in which women penetrate men using dildos; the protagonist revels in and relishes a return to "natural" heterosexual sex, in which penile penetration of vaginas is normative. Homosexuality is erased. This preoccupation with the unnaturalness of woman-on-man sex is probably the most obvious feature of the book.

	==Conflicting reviews==		==Conflicting reviews==
	* The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' said: "Once again, Thomas Berger brings a satiric and irreverent perspective to the human experience, evoking a world that most dare not even imagine and effectively dismantling all existing definitions of sex and gender. "Imagined with such ferocity and glee that we assent to it almost in spite of ourselves . . . a brilliant accomplishment by one of out best novelists."--New York Times Book Review." It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.		* The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' said: "Once again, Thomas Berger brings a satiric and irreverent perspective to the human experience, evoking a world that most dare not even imagine and effectively dismantling all existing definitions of sex and gender. "Imagined with such ferocity and glee that we assent to it almost in spite of ourselves . . . a brilliant accomplishment by one of out best novelists."--New York Times Book Review."
			:: [[User:Lquilter\|Lquilter]]: It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.
	* NoSoupForYou "Doc", Amazon reviewer: "Some people see Berger's "Regiment of Women" as an anti-feminist diatribe. I've always seen it as a pro-feminist book, with Berger essentially satirizing the extreme exaggerations of those who said women's lib would make women "masculine". "<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBDZVPC8R2L1/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0671214926&nodeID=283155&tag=&linkCode= amazon.com review]</ref>		* NoSoupForYou "Doc", Amazon reviewer: "Some people see Berger's "Regiment of Women" as an anti-feminist diatribe. I've always seen it as a pro-feminist book, with Berger essentially satirizing the extreme exaggerations of those who said women's lib would make women "masculine". "<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBDZVPC8R2L1/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0671214926&nodeID=283155&tag=&linkCode= amazon.com review]</ref>

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	'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.		'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.

	The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' said: "Once again, Thomas Berger brings a satiric and irreverent perspective to the human experience, evoking a world that most dare not even imagine and effectively dismantling all existing definitions of sex and gender. "Imagined with such ferocity and glee that we assent to it almost in spite of ourselves . . . a brilliant accomplishment by one of out best novelists."--New York Times Book Review." It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.		==Conflicting reviews==
			* The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' said: "Once again, Thomas Berger brings a satiric and irreverent perspective to the human experience, evoking a world that most dare not even imagine and effectively dismantling all existing definitions of sex and gender. "Imagined with such ferocity and glee that we assent to it almost in spite of ourselves . . . a brilliant accomplishment by one of out best novelists."--New York Times Book Review." It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.
			* NoSoupForYou "Doc", Amazon reviewer: "Some people see Berger's "Regiment of Women" as an anti-feminist diatribe. I've always seen it as a pro-feminist book, with Berger essentially satirizing the extreme exaggerations of those who said women's lib would make women "masculine". "<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBDZVPC8R2L1/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0671214926&nodeID=283155&tag=&linkCode= amazon.com review]</ref>

			==References==
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	'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.		'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.

			The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' said: "Once again, Thomas Berger brings a satiric and irreverent perspective to the human experience, evoking a world that most dare not even imagine and effectively dismantling all existing definitions of sex and gender. "Imagined with such ferocity and glee that we assent to it almost in spite of ourselves . . . a brilliant accomplishment by one of out best novelists."--New York Times Book Review." It's difficult to see how the novel "dismantl[ed] all existing definitions of sex and gender" since it tended, rather, to reify definitions popular throughout the early 20th century.

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'''''Regiment of Women''''' is a 1973 novel by [[Thomas Berger]]. It is an attempted satire of a feminist matriarchy, and is rife with sexism and homophobia.

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[[category:Works featuring matriarchies]]