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laurenmsilverman's review against another edition
Interesting intro to philosophy. Addresses a lot of big questions I casually think about.
Cave's attempt in Chapter 80 to reverse the dominant (and oft-violent, according to some feminist theorists) view of penetration by comparing the vagina to that which "engulfs" or "envelopes," while beautiful and literary, is laughable from the female perspective (i.e. my own perspective), given my knowledge of historical gender dynamics and my own lived experiences. Not to mention his clinging to the existence of consent as proof that such dynamics do not exist.
A silly chapter which destroyed his credibility. My interest waned for the rest of the book. Still worth the read, I think.
Cave's attempt in Chapter 80 to reverse the dominant (and oft-violent, according to some feminist theorists) view of penetration by comparing the vagina to that which "engulfs" or "envelopes," while beautiful and literary, is laughable from the female perspective (i.e. my own perspective), given my knowledge of historical gender dynamics and my own lived experiences. Not to mention his clinging to the existence of consent as proof that such dynamics do not exist.
A silly chapter which destroyed his credibility. My interest waned for the rest of the book. Still worth the read, I think.
lauren_martine's review against another edition
Interesting intro to philosophy. Addresses a lot of big questions I casually think about.
Cave's attempt in Chapter 80 to reverse the dominant (and oft-violent, according to some feminist theorists) view of penetration by comparing the vagina to that which "engulfs" or "envelopes," while beautiful and literary, is laughable from the female perspective (i.e. my own perspective), given my knowledge of historical gender dynamics and my own lived experiences. Not to mention his clinging to the existence of consent as proof that such dynamics do not exist.
A silly chapter which destroyed his credibility. My interest waned for the rest of the book. Still worth the read, I think.
Cave's attempt in Chapter 80 to reverse the dominant (and oft-violent, according to some feminist theorists) view of penetration by comparing the vagina to that which "engulfs" or "envelopes," while beautiful and literary, is laughable from the female perspective (i.e. my own perspective), given my knowledge of historical gender dynamics and my own lived experiences. Not to mention his clinging to the existence of consent as proof that such dynamics do not exist.
A silly chapter which destroyed his credibility. My interest waned for the rest of the book. Still worth the read, I think.
pburnette's review against another edition
4.0
A very good, if basic, introduction to philosophical thinking. Cave articulates the multiple sides of an argument well, and all of the problems are well thought out and easy to understand
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