Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

26 reviews

queenpebbles's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Rape, Racism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion and Colonisation

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

megansoetaert's review

emotional fast-paced

4.25

Sekyiamah does an excellent job portraying the vastly different experiences of African and African Diaspora women in their journeys related to sex & sexuality. This book brings in so many different voices, representing different countries, generations, religions, and sexualities. I loved getting to read so many different womens’ stories. 

Although I wish each woman’s story was longer, I understand that the book’s purpose was to highlight many different stories, not to dig deep into just a few. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

readwithdiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

wingspan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely necessary to read for women sexual and autonomy freedom and those still learning how to be sexually free. 
We see ALL walks of life here, and all of them are worth knowing more. Def reccomend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

gabby_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

jp_riemersma's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Stalking, Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Biphobia, Rape, Infertility, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Xenophobia

pagesforages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

imlfox's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

kwaeisig's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I wish the book had more stories from cisgendered heterosexual women in loving relationships and positive sex lives & I also wish there were more representations of Black women from the diaspora from the USA. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Ableism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Biphobia, and Classism

I think this book makes us stop and think about what sex is and means for the diaspora of Black women across the globe. It has no one definition and is an ever changing concept and women age and grow and experience new things throughout their lives. The way sex is viewed starts young and many times children are having sexual acts among themselves which is disheartening and troublesome and difficult to acknowledge. As many parents work to shield their children from such exposure, somehow, they are still being exposed be it from the media or their peers or watching adult interactions/mannerisms. I think this book does a good job by highlighting the similarities in all of our differences as Black women and how at the end of the day, we all wants to be understood, respected, listened to, and honored, while also having the freedom to have guiltless shameless sex that ends in orgasm without regret, sexual assault, or rape. This books makes you think of the younger generation of children that are on the cusp of puberty and how they are being socialized to understand (or not understand) their bodies, the reproductive system, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sex as an act, consent, and so much more. I can only hope that they are more knowledgeable than those that have come before them and are more powerful in how they navigate the world we all live in. Though some of the stories were quite sad, some were also motivational, relatable, and provided glimpses of hope for a better tomorrow. And for that I give thanks to the author for spending 5 years compiling these very real stories and sharing them.

bisoleil's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Pedophilia