Description: A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered "good," revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses--often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts--are actually ingrained in Book and Mortar Record Store On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good -- Elise Loehnen 23.93 A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered "good," revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses--often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts--are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Since being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century, the Seven Deadly Sins--pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth--have exerted insidious power. Even today, in our largely secular, patriarchal society, they continue to circumscribe women's behavior. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap. In On Our Best Behavior, Loehnen reveals how we've been programmed to obey the rules represented by these sins and how doing so qualifies us as "good." This probing analysis of contemporary culture and thoroughly researched history explains how women have internalized the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek. Author: Elise Loehnen Publisher: Dial Press Published: 05/23/2023 Pages: 384 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.40lbs Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.40d ISBN: 9780593243039 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/24/2023 About the Author Elise Loehnen is the host of Pulling the Thread. She has co-written twelve books, five of which were New York Times bestsellers. She was the chief content officer of goop, and she co-hosted The goop Podcast and The goop Lab on Netflix. Previously, she was the editorial projects director of Condé Nast Traveler. Elise lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Self-Help,Personal Transformation
Label: The Dial Press
Artist: Loehnen, Elise
Album: On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women P
Book Title: On Our Best Behavior : the Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1.3 in
Topic: Women, Christian Theology / Anthropology, Inspiration & Personal Growth, General, Women's Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian Life / Women's Issues, Psychology of Religion
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Elise Loehnen
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
