* A provocative book from an acclaimed feminist thinker and writer * A timely book, in its highlighting of how rape culture is normalised. * Has a global appeal, as the book uses examples from across the world. * Comp titles: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy; Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed; Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly * Focused national media campaign to accompany launch * Online marketing campaign to build buzz * Online pre-order campaign targeting 1000 pre-orders

"Patriarchy does not respect national boundaries. It is unabashedly promiscuous in its influences and tethers. Yet, it does use nationalism very productively." Drawing on examples from around the world - from Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Europe, Gqola traces the construction and machinations of the female fear factory by exposing its lies, myths, and seductions. She shows how seemingly disparate effects like driving bans, higher education rape sexual harassment and femicide are all premised on the construction of people, mostly women, as female, and thereafter the use fear as a tool of patriarchal subjugation and punishment.