Table of Contents

Author's introduction

The slave's happiness

What is man?

What is woman?

A woman's horizon

The fair sex

The universe is male

Her stupidity makes woman divine

Breaking them in

Manipulation by means of self-abasement

A dictionary

Women have no feelings

Sex as reward

The female libido

Manipulation through bluff

Commercialised prayers

Self-conditioning

Children as hostages

Women's vices

The mask of femininity

The business world as a hunting ground

The "emancipated" female

Women's liberation

What is love?

About the Author

Esther Vilar was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied medicine and sociology before becoming a writer. She followed the world-wide success of The Manipulated Man with two more books about the relationship between the sexes, The Polygamous Sex and The End of Manipulation, the novels The Mosquito and The Mathematics of Nina Gluckstein and numerous plays, including The American Popess and Speer. Her latest play is Jealousy.She lives in Barcelona and London.

Reviews

'A provokative, runaway bestseller.' Newsweek'Extraordinary... a vigorous answer to Women's Lib.' The Times'No one escapes her icy scrutiny.' The New York Times