Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Rough: How violence has found its way into the bedroom and what we can do about it by Rachel Thompson

5 reviews

caits_002's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Rape

adep02's review against another edition

4.5

Really great book. Liked that the chapters each tackled something different to do with sexual violence, including things like racism and ableism. It was clearly written with a lot of love, but also a lot of fire in the belly. Would definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

megantyler's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

4.0

This book should be praised for opening up the topic of what Thompson calls ‘grey areas’ of sexual assault that many of us may have experienced. The array of subjects discussed is far-reaching though at times this can be to its detriment as it begins to feel like a descriptive list, lacking some depth.   Nevertheless ‘Rough’ does important work in breaking harmful perceptions or myths of rape and sexual assault which needs to happen more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Rape, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, and Biphobia

eleanorareads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Rape

orangeoverload's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A must read book for fans of the Netflix show, Sex Education.
This book is very well-researched, very well written and very readable. There's 18 chapters, each a different topic and very inclusive. It covers grey-area sex, the bad sexual experiences that we don't think 'count' as assault, it covers consent and how BIPOC, trans and non binary people are disproportionately affected. How men need to help enact change and how we as women must help to shift the cultural narrative of consent, porn, and how women are portrayed in the media. This book includes stories from over 50 women and non-binary people, telling us their stories. All of them sad and sometimes uncomfortable to read, but all of them a stark reminder of how far we need to go to change this world in order to make women and marginalised genders feel safe.
A brilliant book, I highly suggest that everyone read it (especially men who want to learn more!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Transphobia, Racism, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Biphobia, and Ableism