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4.23 AVERAGE
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Read this in the search for an answer. Why do some people seem to team up to bash women online. Especially within fake stories that pop up in TikTok, Reddit, and Youtube.
This book was not written for a general audience. Or if it was, the author has spent too much time in academia and has forgotten that a general audience does not know what words like 'tollens' and 'cui bono' mean. There were too many citations and footnotes to not scare off even a highly educated reader - and anyone not educated in philosophy will not understand most of the frequent jargon. There were long sentences and overuse of brackets and italics that got in the way of comprehension.
However, if you're able to flip past the pages in the first few chapters that are too difficult to read, the last two or three chapters are quite readable. The cases the author referred to were interesting, and while she's mostly preaching to the choir in my reading, she brought up some interesting ideas that I had not thought about before. It was quite enjoyable to see Julia Gillard's treatment compared to Hilary Clinton.
I can't say I recommend it, but if you are a philosophy academic, you might like it!
However, if you're able to flip past the pages in the first few chapters that are too difficult to read, the last two or three chapters are quite readable. The cases the author referred to were interesting, and while she's mostly preaching to the choir in my reading, she brought up some interesting ideas that I had not thought about before. It was quite enjoyable to see Julia Gillard's treatment compared to Hilary Clinton.
I can't say I recommend it, but if you are a philosophy academic, you might like it!
fast-paced
I'm not sure what I've taken from this book. It was smooth reading though!
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment
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incredibly researched, thorough and detailed. i struggled to keep up at certain points, but this is dense non-fiction so that makes sense. i learned So much. i didn't always know where manne was going, but i knew when we'd arrived. the information is a must for everyone to know even if i wouldn't recommend the book to everyone.
if i ever have to hear about elliot rodger again i will lose it.
if i ever have to hear about elliot rodger again i will lose it.
It took me a LONG time to finish this book, partly because it is pretty grim subject matter (intimate partner violence, etc) and partly because it is a dense, fairly academic text; I don't tend to read a lot of analytic philosophy. Manne is a rigorous thinker and a brilliant writer. In this book, she distinguishes between sexism (an ideology about gender roles) and her main subject, misogyny (social, historical systems that enforce patriarchy). This book was published in 2017 and reflects on the election of Donald Trump, the trial of Brock Turner, the Isla Vista killings from 2014, and more; it is pretty interesting to read this book with just barely a few years of distance from some of these examples. If anything, the bit of distance makes Manne look more precise and persuasive.
Be prepared for the entirely pessimistic ending.
Be prepared for the entirely pessimistic ending.