Broader Standards

In Broader Standards, Jennifer Loustau is the average woman living the typical life of successive catastrophes, as all women do. In these quick, breezy essays she addresses issues from the female experience in the context of political and social events spanning the last 60 years.

She pleads with humanity to stop using the male as The Standard. We learn that for a long time females have been delivering in ways that might just save us all from extinction. Just by surviving "femaleness," women exhibit qualities in tremendous demand including compassion, endurance, and the ability to see beyond personal insult.

Her essays celebrate the gains women have made, but point to the gaps -- and there are many -- that still remain. Appealing to men and women alike, this book is both pragmatic and idealistic, angry and funny, silly and wise.