A French government official’s attempts to ban an essay entitled I Hate Men over its “incitement to hatred on the grounds of gender” have backfired, sending sales of the feminist pamphlet skyrocketing. Its small French publisher, Monstrograph, called it a “feminist and iconoclastic book” that “defends misandry as a way of making room for sisterhood”. Ralph Zurmély, a special adviser to France’s ministry for gender equality, called it an “ode to misandry”. Monstrograph stressed to French media that the book was not an incitement to hatred. The first three editions of the book have sold out, with almost 2,500 copies sold just two weeks after its release.

Source: The Irish Times September 10, 2020 05:00 UTC