Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

17 reviews

ghost_rider's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, Rape, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

_caramel_'s review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, Racism, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Rape, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Islamophobia, Abortion, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

stabilesero's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

An incredibly important and relevant read. As part of a very online generation, I knew a little about the communities online that breed misogynistic views and opinions but I never knew how much of an impact it had on society and "offline" in the real world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Racism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

vinett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Rape, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, and Police brutality

Extreme, graphic depictions of rape, death threats, etc.

01_in_emilyon's review

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

Honestly, this was a hard book to get through; not because it was poorly written or anything, but because of the subject matter. I definitely recommend going into it with quite a bit of resilience and maybe even have a second, more lighthearted book on the go at the same time to break up the heaviness.
I'm glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Rape

rewitr's review

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Rape, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, and Sexual assault

alexbalmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a hard read. Not because of the writing style or even the length of the book itself (just shy of 350 pages 🤷‍♀️) but just the topic in general was constantly jarring. I had to just stop and close the book on multiple occasions and rethink many encounters with men in the past…

It’s something I was aware of throughout recent years, terms like “incel” and “manosphere” have popped up in memes/tiktoks but the size of the groups mentioned and the real life examples threw me off. To see how many mass shootings and other heinous crimes can be directly linked back to the ideology of these groups is shocking, saying how little you hear the word misogyny used in a serious, non-mocking way in the media. (Usually paired with jabs at “feminazis” and groups that are trying to HELP MEN😒)

STRONGLY encourage anyone who spends a decent amount of their lives online (and on any form of social media) to read this. Even if you’re a bit older and feel like you have a grasp on how to interpret content/news/facts online.  

One thing that I will say (not necessarily a complaint or a mistake) but when checking the Notes at the back of the book for references on certain facts a lot of the time it would be news articles. Nothing really wrong with that except that throughout the book it is said how the media is quick to jump to conclusions when they haven’t done much research. I’m guessing Bates has looked into each sources thoroughly. Maybe it’s my own preconceptions that make me pause before referencing Channel 4 in a debate?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gun violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Islamophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Biphobia

priesty23's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, Body shaming, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, and Gun violence

mindintheskies's review

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

There's so much detail in this book that I didn't expect. I was triggered by a lot of the statistics and real, lived stories that were shared of women suffering at the hands of incels and incel-sympathisers. I guess that's the reason why it's taken me 4 months to get through it all. The book doesn't only cover examples on women, but marginalised communities, Muslim men and women and others. In fact there's a respectable amount of focus on Islamophobia and the discrepancy in media reporting of crimes committed by incels, and crimes committed by people belonging to the Muslim community. The book is on extreme communities of misogynists and repeatedly states that the vast majority of men don't hate women, without denying the fact that a large group of men who do hate women exist and are spreading that hate through online grooming, interactions, in institutions, the media and police covering up crimes, and so many other platforms e.g. YouTube on a daily basis. It's so scary that people actually believe women are subjects of hatred, especially when it comes from young people. It's given me a lot of knowledge and understanding of how these incel communities are set up, run and how they survive. The book also covers a chapter on men who hate men who hate women which I found really interesting. As expected there are a lot of examples that I've either experienced myself or know someone who has gone through the extreme examples mentioned in the book, so it gives me a sense of validation and acceptance that it's a reality that women live in this world, and that there's the awareness of it through this book and other resources similar. I have also listened to parts of the audiobook and listened to the interview at the end, which was very insightful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Racism, and Rape