This book aims to shows how the hatred and fear of women underlies the foundations of society - from language itself to religion, the law and education. The range and problematic nature of such ingrained learning is exposed whether it appears camouflaged in the brevity of a joke, a love lyric, myth, poetry and a judge`s summing-up or the wit of a famous personality. Fidelis Morgan is also author of Female Wits, A Bluffer's Guide to Theatre and A Woman of No Character.