Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

43 reviews

freyaboobac's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Genocide

lpfoley's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is so much more complex and interesting of a book than I thought it would be. I sort of assumed it was going to be a snarky social experiment, but it’s a deep reflection on the violence and subjugation of women and the social and cultural impacts of that with stunningly beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

arrowdodger's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

pingureads's review

3.0

 Some of these essays felt fleshed out and insightful, standouts for me were Grandmother Spider, Woolf's Darkness and Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite. Men Explain Things to Me, the titular essay, felt simplistic and underdeveloped even for it's age and having brought this phenomenon to the forefront of the political and feminist conversation. The Longest War was a series of entirely-too-graphic statistics on SA and DV rather than an essay.

While the collection has some gems, it is not enough of a fundamental text to ignore the flaws of the discussion. Pick up a more nuanced and contemporary collection on similar topics of feminism and that will serve you much better than this does on that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Misogyny

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Classism

havlisar's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

glass_carousel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence

jasbeingjas's review

God this book dragged.  There's also some islamaphobic comments I can't ignore.  I think in general I need to remove a lot of these outdated works from my tbr.  A lot of what's being said has been said better by others in my opinion.  Sometimes the essays didn't even seem to have much of a coherent thought or point.  Also major trigger warning in the first essay.  It felt like the author was relying on shock value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual violence

maggies's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Several of the essays illuminated ever more clearly how misogyny continues to feed many of today’s news stories, from America’s horrific gun culture to the despicable coverage of the Depp-Heard trial. Some references are a bit outdated or should be reconsidered in light of new evidence/understanding, however.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

angebrown's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny