High Maintenance Women

High Maintenance Women

Best Price in the Last 14 Days

Hurry! 10 items left!

Price	WAS $33.60 'WAS' price is the previous lowest price in the last 14 days. $28.48 Save 15%
	Collect 28 Everyday Rewards points Log in to MyDeal to link your card
Shipping	Free Shipping
	See delivery details

Quantity

Add to wishlist

“High Maintenance Women was so funny and hugely relatable, being a modern woman. I felt like I was having a conversation with one of my girlfriends and sharing our experiences. HIGHLY RECOMMEND and cannot wait to pass onto my friends to read.” - Brooke Blurton (Director) – The Barefoot Company

A modern-day women’s manifesto: a look at how love, romance, and the digital domain police women's behaviours.

Be the cool girl and get the guy.
Otherwise you're ... Too fat or too thin; too clever or too stupid; too free or too restricted.
You need to be .... Pretty but relatable, not difficult, not demanding - yes, virtually invisible. Play down your attributes, your wants, your needs and most definitely, don't be high maintenance!

The term “high-maintenance” is part of everyday speech, and usually refers to a woman who places a high value on her personal image, wants or needs. Often uttered within the context of dating, the implication is the woman in question is too much hard work.  Rarely, if ever, do we come across the term “high-maintenance man”.

On a daily basis women are deliberately portraying themselves as “low-maintenance”, “chill” and “cool”.  Hidden behind these seemingly insignificant, even innocuous words, is something far more sinister. They tend to describe the multitude of ways women reign themselves in to appease men.

The “high-maintenance” woman is too much to handle – confirming known stereotypes that women are expected to be quiet, subservient, opinion-less, and always amenable. That they shouldn’t be difficult. This rhetoric is dangerous. It teaches women around the world, and distressingly, the next generation that they need to play into a male stereotype of what a woman should be – and that’s smaller, and less than.

This is a call to arms to women. To take up as much space as you like. To be as clever, as madeup, as dull, as vibrant, as curious, or as difficult as you choose.To live wildly.  To occupy and embrace different spaces.

This is your moment to be, yes, high maintenance.  Embrace it

SKU: 9781922896162

Shipping Details

We provide shipping to most Australian addresses (excluding some areas outside of our courier's delivery zone).

We use a combination of Australia Post, Aramex and Direct Freight Express to get your order to you.

For an accurate shipping cost, add the items you want to your cart and enter your shipping area.

Orders of multiple items may come in separate parcels.

All returns must be started within 30 days of delivery. We kindly request that you don’t try to return the item without letting us know as every situation can be resolved differently.

Damaged, defective or incorrect items

Sometimes items are damaged during delivery, or have manufacturing defects. If this is the case or you have received an incorrect item, get in touch with us as soon as possible and we will do our best to fix as soon as we know. Visit our contact page to send a query.

Change of mind returns

Change of mind returns are accepted within 30 days of delivery for most items in resellable and unopened condition. Most items are eligible for free returns however each item in your order may have a different return policy. Some items cannot be returned due to change of mind.

To check the return policy for your item look on each item page for the returns section. Please note that the few items that are not eligible for free returns may incur a re-stocking fee in addition to having to pay for shipping to return the item.