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ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR - ELISE LOEHNEN GEBUNDEN

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly
follow in order to be considered “good ” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and
distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced  spiritually complete way to
live    Why do women equate self-denial with being good?   We congratulate ourselves when we
resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from
sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day.
We put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best
Behavior   journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses—often lauded as unselfish 
distinctly feminine instincts—are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits
via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins.   Since
being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century  the Seven Deadly Sins—pride 
greed  lust  envy  gluttony  wrath  and sloth—have exerted insidious power. Even today  in our
largely secular  patriarchal society  they continue to circumscribe women’s behavior. For
example  seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest  a fear of gluttony drives
them to ignore their appetites  and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for
themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap.   In On Our Best Behavior 
Loehnen reveals how we’ve been programmed to obey the rules represented by these sins and how
doing so qualifies us as “good.” This probing analysis of contemporary culture and thoroughly
researched history explains how women have internalized the patriarchy  and how they
unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions
Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek.

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