The Necessity of Inequality

The world is the wrong shape for women, or at least for women attempting to become men. This is the argument Leah Sargeant makes in her new book, The Dignity of Dependence, a “feminist manifesto” in which she suggests the best way to secure dignity for women is by destroying the illusions of autonomy and egalitarianism. “Recognizing and honoring the differences between men and women means putting dependence at the heart of our account of what it means to be human,” she writes.