bFor fans of iSapiensi and iThe Dawn of Everything, ia groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression--its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat itb pFor centuries, societies have treated male domination as natural to the human species. But how would our understanding of gender inequality--our imagined past and contested present-- look if we didn't assume that men have always ruled over women If we saw inequality as something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted pIn this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy, uncovering a complex history of how it first became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present. She travels to the world's earliest known human settlements, analyzes the latest research findings in science and archaeology, and traces cultural and political histories from the Americas to Asia,