SORRY NOT SORRY – About Female Shame

  • Spiegel bestselling author Anika Landsteiner on a topic concerning every woman: Why do we constantly apologize for everything?
  • Compelling, wise, and personal – a new feminist voice.

How does shame relate to femininity?

Since my childhood, I have been plagued by the feeling of not being good enough. The fact that women are systematically belittled and taken less seriously than men has intensified this sensation. For years, I apologized for almost everything I did or did not say, while simultaneously feeling the need to claim more space and break free from socially accepted mechanisms of oppression.

Feeling shame is completely normal, regardless of gender. However, women tend to feel shame and apologize more frequently, whether it's for their bodies, their success, their single status, or their choice to remain childless. Anika Landsteiner has observed this phenomenon in herself and explores why it happens. Through insightful, personal essays covering all aspects of her life – from work and illness to sexuality and coming to terms with her own history – she reflects on self-worth, boundaries, and her determination not to diminish herself any longer, neither to herself nor to others.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Polaris
  • Release: 14.05.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-01273-0
  • 256 Pages
  • Author: Anika Landsteiner

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Anika Landsteiner

Anika Landsteiner was born in 1987 and works as an author and journalist. Her focus revolves around societal injustices, taboo subjects, feminism, and pop culture. In the podcast "Hello, lovers!" she engages in conversations with couples therapist Dr. Sharon Brehm about how equitable love can function. She is the author of three novels. In So wie du mich kennst , she tackled the themes of grief and domestic violence, and the novel spent several weeks on the Spiegel bestseller list. Her latest book, Nachts erzähle ich dir alles , delves into the topic of female self-determination.