{"product_id":"the-social-sex-a-history-of-female-friendship-9780062265500","title":"The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom historian and acclaimed feminist author of \u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA History of the Wife\u003c\/em\u003e comes this rich, multifaceted history of the evolution of female friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn today's culture, the bonds of female friendship are taken as a given. But only a few centuries ago, the idea of female friendship was completely unacknowledged, even pooh-poohed. Only men, the reasoning went, had the emotional and intellectual depth to develop and sustain these meaningful relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurveying history, literature, philosophy, religion, and pop culture, acclaimed author and historian Marilyn Yalom and co-author Theresa Donovan Brown demonstrate how women were able to co-opt the public face of friendship throughout the years. Chronicling shifting attitudes toward friendship--both female and male--from the Bible and the Romans to the Enlightenment to the women's rights movements of the '60s up to \u003cem\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBridesmaids\u003c\/em\u003e, they reveal how the concept of female friendship has been inextricably linked to the larger social and cultural movements that have defined human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed with Yalom and Brown as our guides, we delve into the fascinating historical episodes and trends that illuminate the story of friendship between women: the literary salon as the original book club, the emergence of female professions and the working girl, the phenomenon of gossip, the advent of women's sports, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively, informative, and richly detailed, \u003cem\u003eThe Social Sex \u003c\/em\u003eis a revelatory cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Theresa Donovan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTheresa Donovan Brown is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Her background writing policy-level speeches for global economic leaders, trading securities, and running a financial communications firm informs her insights into the cultural history of friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYalom, Marilyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarilyn Yalom was a former professor of French and a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She was the author of widely acclaimed books such as \u003cem\u003eA History of the Breast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA History of the Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBirth of the Chess Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526785700114,"sku":"9780062265500","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6914e16f-5727-42d1-9c01-a02c7cd59382.jpg?v=1731283397","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-social-sex-a-history-of-female-friendship-9780062265500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}