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Author puts Machiavellian tactics in reverse for women
From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19970330
Author:PAIGE SMORON
`I will teach you war," Harriet Rubin promises.
Pillaging? Do we get to pillage?
Rubin, the author of The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women (Doubleday/Currency, $22), thinks it's about time the fairer sex tastes power. But beware: This is not your father's The Art of War. Femininity is more potent than force, Rubin teaches: "(Niccolo) Machiavelli's classic work, which was written exclusively for men, is most famous for being infamous. It advocates murder and treachery; it demeans love. . . . The Princessa takes the opposite course." A princessa is "simply someone with a sense of entitlement ...
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