Best Selling Books by Wednesday Martin

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue, a bold, timely reconsideration of female infidelity that will upend everything you thought you knew about women and sex. What do straight, married female revelers at an all-women''s sex club in LA have in common with nomadic pastoralists in Namibia who bear children by men not their husbands? Like women worldwide, they crave sexual variety, novelty, and excitement. In ancient Greek tragedies, Netflix series, tabloids and pop songs, we''ve long portrayed such cheating women as dangerous and damaged. We love to hate women who are untrue. But who are they really? And why, in this age of female empowerment, do we continue to judge them so harshly? In Untrue, feminist author and cultural critic Wednesday Martin takes us on a bold, fascinating journey to reveal the unexpected evolutionary legacy and social realities that drive female faithlessness, while laying bare our motivations to contain women who step out. Blending accessible social science and interviews with sex researchers, anthropologists, and real women from all walks of life, Untrue challenges our deepest assumptions about ourselves, monogamy, and the women we think we know. From recent data suggesting women may struggle more than men with sexual exclusivity to the revolutionary idea that females of many species evolved to be "promiscuous" to Martin''s trenchant assertion that female sexual autonomy is the ultimate metric of gender equality, Untrue will change the way you think about women and sex forever.

Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East Side mothers in a brilliantly original and witty memoir about her adventures assimilating into that most secretive and elite tribe. After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that lens, and suddenly things fell into place. She understood the other mothers'' snobbiness at school drop-off when she compared them to olive baboons. Her obsessional quest for a Hermes Birkin handbag made sense when she realized other females wielded them to establish dominance in their troop. And so she analyzed tribal migration patterns; display rituals; physical adornment, mutilation, and mating practices; extra-pair copulation; and more. Her conclusions are smart, thought-provoking, and hilariously unexpected. Every city has its Upper East Side, and in Wednesday''s memoir, readers everywhere will recognize the strange cultural codes of powerful social hierarchies and the compelling desire to climb them. They will also see that Upper East Side mothers want the same things for their children that all mothers want-safety, happiness, and success-and not even sky-high penthouses and chauffeured SUVs can protect this ecologically released tribe from the universal experiences of anxiety and loss. When Wednesday''s life turns upside down, she learns how deep the bonds of female friendship really are. Intelligent, funny, and heartfelt, Primates of Park Avenue lifts a veil on a secret, elite world within a world-the exotic, fascinating, and strangely familiar culture of privileged Manhattan motherhood.

An honest and groundbreaking guide to understanding the complicated emotions that develop between stepmothers and children. When faced with often overwhelming challenges, what woman with stepchildren is unfamiliar with that “stepmonster” feeling? Half of all women in the United States will live with or marry a man with children. To guide women new to this role—and empower those who are struggling with it—Wednesday Martin draws upon her own experience as a stepmother. She''s frank about the harrowing process of becoming a stepmother, she considers the myths and realities of being married to a man with children, and she counteracts the cultural notion that stepmothers are solely responsible for the problems that often develop. Along the way, she interviews other stepmothers and stepchildren and offers up fascinating insights from literature, anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology that explain the little-understood realities of this unique parent-child relationship and—in an unexpected twist—shows why the myth of the Wicked Stepmother is the single best tool for understanding who real stepmothers are and how they feel.

Wednesday Martin nos proyecta desde una perspectiva personal y científica algunos temas que han estado castigados por la sociedad durante siglos: la infidelidad, la monogamia, la lujuria, las mujeres y el sexo. Una visualización moderna que muestra la diferencia entre la sexualidad masculina y la femenina que teme a las consecuencias construidas por la sociedad a través de entrevistas realizadas a expertos y mujeres reales que han experimentado de cerca la monogamia y la infidelidad. Infiel, es una mirada fascinante a la sexualidad femenina que puede alejarnos de nuestra zona de confort y sin duda cambiará nuestra forma de pensar acerca del sexo y las mujeres para siempre.

Quando Wednesday Martin e suo marito scoprono di aspettare un bambino, dal pittoresco Greenwich Village si trasferiscono nell''esclusiva Upper East Side di Manhattan. Dietro le immacolate facciate dei palazzi, oltre le lobby tirate a lucido e sorvegliate da impeccabili portieri in livrea, la Martin scopre la vera Park Avenue: l''ambiente più ostile e competitivo al mondo, governato da un sistema di regole, rituali, totem e tabù da fare invidia agli aborigeni australiani. Forte del suo background in antropologia, la Martin adotta un punto di vista "scientifico" per studiare la sua nuova tribù e, forse, trovare il mondo di esserne accettata. Dalla decostruzione delle pratiche igienico-estetiche tipiche delle signore locali (note anche come le Geishe di Manhattan), ai sordidi dettagli della inevitabile caccia alla borsa-feticcio di Hermès, il risultato è un ritratto esilarante e scomodo, feroce e illuminante della sottocultura più esclusiva, invidiata e vituperata del pianeta: quella dei Super Ricchi e delle loro ambiziose e ansiosissime consorti. «Divertente, acuto, deliziosamente crudele, Nella giungla di Park Avenue è un attacco frontale alla cultura della upper class» - The New York Times Book Review «Wednesday Martin ci ricorda che in fondo discendiamo tutti dalle scimmie» - Glamour Il libro che ha fatto imbestialire l''alta società newyorkese. Per settimane al primo posto nella classifica del New York Times. Presto un grande film prodotto dalla Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Scopri nella versione e-book a quale tribù di Manhattan appartieni!

Wednesday Martin débarque de son Midwest natal dans l’Upper East Side, le quartier le plus huppé de Manhattan, avec son mari et ses deux enfants. Le rêve se transforme rapidement en cauchemar. Wednesday est sur le territoire des primates les plus riches de la planète. Une enclave hostile peuplée de femmes au foyer surdiplômées, glamour, mariées à des patrons de hedge funds et totalement dévouées à la réussite de leur progéniture. Armée d’un calepin et d’un crayon, Wednesday Martin consigne, à la manière de la célèbre primatologue Jane Goodall, les rites, les mœurs, les contradictions et les peurs de ces mères richissimes en quête obsessionnelle de perfection.

Traditional Chinese edition of Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir by Wednesday Martin.

Quando chegou ao Upper East Side com o marido e o filho pequeno, Wednesday Martin foi jogada em uma tribo superfechada de mães megarricas e glamorosas com ambições altíssimas e determinação ferrenha. Em um mundo onde cumprimentos não são retribuídos, juntar as crianças para brincar é um esporte sangrento e até caminhar pela calçada é um exercício de dominação e submissão, ela sofreu um verdadeiro choque cultural. Usando seus conhecimentos em antropologia e primatologia para descobrir uma forma de sobreviver, Wednesday fez na Park Avenue de hoje o mesmo que a antropóloga Jane Goodall e seus chimpanzés na Tanzânia da década 1960: passou a observar os rituais de acasalamento, os ritos sagrados e as mães na saída da escola agindo como babuínos. Para entender a migração sazonal, os ritos de culto ao corpo e o desejo avassalador dela própria de possuir uma bolsa que era puro fetiche, a autora se aprofundou nas teorias antropológicas de Margaret Mead. Sem um distanciamento seguro, porém, uma reviravolta levou a autora a perceber que nem mesmo as coberturas luxuosas e os carrões com motorista conseguiram fazer daquelas mulheres uma tribo insensível à tragédia. Quando sua vida virou de cabeça para baixo, Wednesday testemunhou a força e a profundidade dos laços que, mesmo naquele círculo, a amizade entre mulheres é capaz de construir. “Divertido, incisivo, um guia cheio de ironia e entretenimento sobre essa rara subcultura.” The Economist “A combinação perfeita de insights sobre cultura e histórias pessoais. Um olhar intrigante sobre um mundo muito fechado.” Financial Times

Traditional Chinese edition of Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir

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Gli uomini apprezzano il sesso più delle donne. L''adulterio è un istinto prevalentemente maschile. Le donne tradiscono per amore, gli uomini per sport. Sono solo alcuni dei falsi miti che l''autrice prende di mira in questa sorprendente esplorazione di cosa muove le donne in fatto di sesso. Nelle tragedie greche, nelle serie Netflix e sui media, la donna avventurosa in amore è quasi sempre sbagliata, eccessiva, pericolosa. Ma in una cultura che non può fare a meno di stigmatizzare le ragazze "disoneste", chi sono davvero queste presunte irregolari? Che cosa provano? Che cosa cercano? Quali mistificazioni, verità nascoste o trappole insidiose possono aiutarci a comprendere, a evitare? E perché, in un''epoca disinvolta come quella in cui viviamo, continuano ad attirare su di sé giudizi tanto severi? Incrociando biografia personale, critica culturale e i contributi dei ricercatori più accreditati in campo sociologico e antropologico, Wednesday Martin prende le mosse dal proprio contraddittorio vissuto di moglie felice e irrequieta per avventurarsi in un viaggio serio e divertente, intimo e attuale alla scoperta di quel vasto, sfaccettato e misconosciuto universo che è la sessualità femminile. Pronte a partire? Slacciate le cinture!

Infiel, es una mirada fascinante a la sexualidad femenina que puede alejarnos de nuestra zona de confort y sin duda cambiará nuestra forma de pensar acerca del sexo y las mujeres para siempre. Wednesday Martin nos proyecta desde una perspectiva personal y científica algunos temas que han estado castigados por la sociedad durante siglos: la infidelidad, la monogamia, la lujuria, las mujeres y el sexo. Una visualización moderna que muestra la diferencia entre la sexualidad masculina y la femenina que teme a las consecuencias construidas por la sociedad a través de entrevistas realizadas a expertos y mujeres reales que han experimentado de cerca la monogamia y la infidelidad. Infiel, es una mirada fascinante a la sexualidad femenina que puede alejarnos de nuestra zona de confort y sin duda cambiará nuestra forma de pensar acerca del sexo y las mujeres para siempre.

Al sinds mensenheugenis fascineert de overspelige vrouw ons, alsof ze een wild, exotisch dier is. Ze beheerst Griekse tragedies en moderne roddelbladen, burleske speelfilms en de nieuwste Netflix-series. Maar waarom fascineert en verrast de seksueel vrije vrouw ons zo? En waarom blijven we, zeker nu de eeuw van de vrijgevochten vrouw is aangebroken, zoveel harder oordelen over seksueel vrije vrouwen? De mythe van de kuise vrouw en jagende man is eeuwenoud. Maar het zijn niet de mannen, maar de vrouwen die het meest met monogamie blijken te worstelen. In Vrouwen gaan niet vreemd laat schrijfster en socioloog Wednesday Martin zien hoe de vrouwelijke seksualiteit nu echt in elkaar zit. Met persoonlijke verhalen, gedragswetenschap, cultuurkritiek en inzichten uit de seksuologie, primatologie en antropologie haalt ze de mythe van de kuise vrouw onderuit. Wednesday Martin doceerde cultuurwetenschappen aan Yale en The New School for Social Research en schreef voor onder andere The New York Times, The Atlantic en The Daily Beast. Haar boek Primaten van Park Avenue (2015) kwam direct op nummer 1 op de New York Times-bestsellerlijst. ''Een uitmuntend leesbaar werk over de leugens die de maatschappij voorgeschoteld heeft gekregen over vrouwelijke seksualiteit, representatie en ontrouw. (...) De auteur excelleert in de unieke waarde van Vrouwen gaan niet vreemd.'' THE ATLANTIC ''Zowel een sprankelende als een inhoudelijke reis door het vrouwelijke seksuele verlangen. (...) Een onmisbaar werk.'' KIRKUS REVIEWS Over Primaten van Park Avenue: ''Vermakelijk, opmerkzaam en verrukkelijk kwaadaardig. (...) Martin geeft een kijkje in de beschaafde, maar krankzinnige wereld van de Upper East Side. Hoewel we de rijken vaak genoeg benijden, herinnert Primaten van Park Avenue ons aan het feit dat ook zij iedere dag moeten vechten voor hun plekje op de sociale ladder.'' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ''Vermakelijk en scherp. Een tragikomische rondleiding door deze aparte subcultuur.'' THE ECONOMIST

Prés. de l''éd.: Wednesday Martin débarque de son Midwest natal dans l''Upper East Side, le quartier le plus huppé de Manhattan, avec son mari et ses deux enfants. Le rêve se transforme rapidement en cauchemar. Wednesday est sur le territoire des primates les plus riches de la planète. Une enclave hostile peuplée de femmes au foyer surdiplômées, glamour, mariées à des patrons de hedge funds et totalement dévouées à la réussite de leur progéniture. Armée d''un calepin et d''un crayon, Wednesday Martin consigne, à la manière de la célèbre primatologue Jane Goodall, les rites, les moeurs, les contradictions et les peurs de ces mères richissimes en quête obsessionnelle de perfection.

Autobiografisch kijkje in de wereld van de superrijken in New York vanuit een antropologisch perspectief.