Funny and tragic: Being a Woman (audio)

John Horn, The Frame (SCPR.org, 11/1/18); Dhr. Seven, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

It's the 21st century. Why the heaven are females -- who are 51% of the world's population -- being treated like this?

The Indignities of Being a Woman candidly traces the history of womanhood and investigates how much things have really changed for women.

• AUDIO: INTERVIEW (The Frame/SCPR): Finding humor in The Indignities of Being a Woman (Minute 8:00 of the show). Comedy writers Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester take a lighthearted look at some serious topics in their new audiobook. They talk with Host John Horn about the writing and recording process.

Writers and childless comedians Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester intersperse their dry wit with their experiences of being long-suffering feminists in the modern world.

This audiobook examines what it was like to be a woman in the past versus what it's like now, when women are constantly told equality between the sexes exists even as reality proves otherwise.

• Chapter 1: Inequality 
• Chapter 2: Beauty 
• Chapter 3: Sex 
• Chapter 4: Religion 
• Chapter 5: Marriage and Family 
• Chapter 6: Body Image 
• Chapter 7: Crime 
• Chapter 8: Fashion 
• Chapter 9: Hair 
• Chapter 10: Medicine 
• Chapter 11: Entertainment 
• Chapter 12: Politics More