Title: trivialized women
Product review: Brenner trivialized the lives of these women (or perhaps they WERE trivial lives!)focusing way too much on their use of their feminine wiles versus what their contribution was. Many of the women I did not know and it was often 2 or three pages before Brenner directly stated what the women's claim to fame was - the previous text discussed how they manipulated men, went shopping, were coy or cute, etc. The only chapter that actually focuses on the woman's accomplishment (versus her prowess with man, fashion, or dining) is chapter 2 (Motley) and early on Brenner laments the fact that Motely would only focus on her career accomplishments. Brenner did manage to slip in the sentence that before a big court appearance Motely did get a fashionable outfit at Lord and Taylor. The whole tone of the book was degrading to women and did nothing to elevate these women through their accomplishments.
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