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ckjaer88's review
3.0
It's a very interesting take on how a world without men would look like (if women managed to manifest pregnancies with only their immense longing for a child) and how, by comparing it to the world we know today, how ridiculous most of our beliefs and social conventions are.
I wholeheartedly stand by Perkins in what she is trying to say and the impact she wanted it to have in the early suffragette movement, but she's missing some vital points in her satirical analysis of society; mainly our history and how all the stupid beliefs and conventions came about in the first place.
But hopefully we will manage to change the way men and women perceive each other, mainly rooted in the sexes, and start to percieve each other as simply people.
I wholeheartedly stand by Perkins in what she is trying to say and the impact she wanted it to have in the early suffragette movement, but she's missing some vital points in her satirical analysis of society; mainly our history and how all the stupid beliefs and conventions came about in the first place.
But hopefully we will manage to change the way men and women perceive each other, mainly rooted in the sexes, and start to percieve each other as simply people.
calicoscovers's review
5.0
I think this book is remarkable. There were so many times where Gilman illustrated the experience of gender roles so flawlessly that I wanted to paste the words on my wall. For her time, this book is revolutionary and her writing is unique, spiritual, and compassionate. I would recommend this to anyone.
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