Shut Up, Lars

The ultimate feminist guide to micro-misogyny.

We all know a Lars.

He’s the colleague, brother-in-law, or guy in the comments who confidently explains how equality really works. He doesn’t think he is sexist. He just has a few questions:

Has feminism gone too far?
Don’t women have it easier now?
Isn’t misandry just as bad as misogyny?
And what about “not all men”?

You know he is wrong. But in the moment, finding the words is not always easy. 

In Shut Up, Lars, equipped with sharp humour and rigorous research, Henriette Tybjerg takes on 25 of the most persistent myths about women, men, and equality. From “Women only want alpha males” to “Women are bad leaders,” each chapter exposes the history, science, and truth hidden behind these harmful assumptions.

Scandinavia may be celebrated as a gender-equality success story, but the myths, double standards and power structures shaping gender are everywhere, and so are the Larses.

Part manifesto, part social study, part emergency handbook, Shut Up, Lars gives you the facts, the context, and the bold comebacks to take down daily sexism. At any time, and anywhere.