IITE MALE<br >~T OUR<br > ......，o，<br >a s Talk"..<br > .oo...o..<br >brds<br >~F<br >.99<br >.99<br >100<br >104<br >124<br >130<br >134<br >135<br >138<br >140<br >141<br >143<br >147<br >147<br >149<br >152<br >PREFACE<br >TO THE NEW EDITION<br >It is with great pride that I write a new preface to this edition<br >of Women s Reality.<br > As I have said many times， Women s Reality is a book<br > that had to be written. It was an idea whose time had come<br > and needed to be articulated. This is evidenced by the fact<br > that it has sold 100，000 copies in three-and-one.half years and<br > still sells an average of 2，000 copies a month. It is now called<br > an "underground bestseller" and a "publishing phenomenon"<br > because it has broken all the rules of the publishing industry.<br > The book has had little publicity and no major reviews， but it<br > has still sold on its own by word of mouth.<br > I am proud of Women s Reality. In many ways， it does not<br >feel like my book. I have little or no ego attached to it. I feel<br >strongly that in this book I was a channel for voices that<br >needed to be heard， and I wrote it kicking and screaming all<br >the way. Women s Reality has become important to women and<br >men alike. In fact， it pleases me that I get almost as many<br >"fan" letters from men as from women.<br > The most frequent feedback I get is that the book<br >"articulates what I already know and have never said or heard<br >said." Another response that I often hear is， "Now， after<br >reading this book， I no longer feel that I am crazy. In fact， I<br >feel saner than I ever have." What a compliment!<br > Women s Reality has sold in pockets. One person gets it<br >(usually from a friend) and then lends or gives it to six people<br >or more. They do the same thing and so it goes. One woman<br >in Alaska informs me that she has given away seventy-two<br >copies. Another woman writes that she buys the book by the<br >case， carrying it in the back of her car to nursing workshops<br >that she gives. It is truly a grassroots book， and I am proud of<br >that<br >eQ<br >[1<br >~g<br >)3<br >/is<br >tal<br >L，，<br >~O.SS!<br >~ u!<br >~ld<br >:Imfl<br >;IH~，，<br ><br >