Against Misogyny

An intelligent, urgent polemic against the systemic hatred of women that often has fatal consequences

Lisa M. meets Mirko during her studies. They fall in love, and hardly ever quarrel. When she becomes pregnant, they move in with his mother and soon have three children. A picture-book couple – were it not for his anger. In the beginning, Lisa manages to hide her bruises, but over time, his aim gets better. She tries to escape but fails. Christina Clemm is Germany’s best-known criminal and family lawyer and has represented hundreds of victims of gender-based violence. And she is angry – because in Germany every third day a woman is killed by her (ex-) partner, and nobody is doing anything to stop it. Why not? Is it due to ignorance, helplessness, or disinterest? Or does it reflect deep-rooted misogyny? Christina Clemm takes us through the spirals of patriarchal violence and points out what needs to be done