In short, 'It is ridiculous to take on a man's job just in order to be able to say that 'a woman has done it-yah!' The only decent reason for taking any job is that it is your job and you want to do it.' 69 pp. There is no act, no sermon, no parable in the whole Gospel that borrows its pungency from female perversity nobody could possibly guess from the words and deeds of Jesus that there was anything 'funny' about woman's nature. She is more concerned with a way of life that liberates women as human beings than she is defending their right to do men's work. Sayers is far from what most imagine a feminist to be. Only three times is she known to have written on the nature and functions of women-in the two essays printed here and in her introduction to Dante's Purgatory. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, Sayers met with the Inklings from time to time and might be best known for her detective stories, plays, and fine translations of Dante. Her arguments concerning women are sharp as any battle-ready sword and also (quite often) hilarious in their delivery and execution. Indeed, she is 'engagingly provocative' and 'agreeably stimulating' with 'a lively arch charm' (Merriam-Webster), though this reader would hardly wish to find herself opposing Ms. One could very well call the wit of Dorothy Sayers 'biting,' though the publishers of this edition choose instead the far more elegant (and complimentary) piquant.
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