Eleanor Herman examines Off with Her Head

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 9:34 p.m.

b'In a story that is shocking, eye-opening, and a powerful force for change, New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Hermans explores the patterns that have been operating for more than three thousand years\\u2014and are still operating today\\u2014against powerful women across the globe, including Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and more. \\n\\nJoin us on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large, when Eleanor Herman expounds on this particular kind of rage\\u2014she calls unadulterated bloodlust\\u2014usually reserved for women, especially women in power or vying for it. From the ancient world, through the European Renaissance, up to the most recent U.S. elections, the Misogynist\\u2019s Handbook, as Eleanor Herman calls it, has been wielded to put uppity women in their place.'