Reviews tagging 'Rape'

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

6 reviews

roseandbramble's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

a must read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Miscarriage

ka_ke's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Torture, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Cursing, and Sexual violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

_annika__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Bullying, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Rape, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

eaclapp41's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Necessary reading for men. Everyday experiences for women in the misogyny of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual violence

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Mmmm yes.

A few favourite points: the villainisation of older women (aka, women who no longer serve a purpose to men): womens reproduction rights and women who are, voluntarily, childless; and the sexism and misogyny in medicine, particularly midwifery, stemming from the fear of 'witch' healers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Classism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

"Sorcières, la puissance invaincue des femmes" explore, comme son nom l'indique, l'image de la sorcière, non seulement à l'époque de leur chasse, mais aussi jusqu'à aujourd'hui, à travers les thèmes de l'indépendance, du non-désir d'enfant, de l'âgisme et de la relation entre l'idée de nature et l'idée de féminité. C'est un ouvrage absolument passionnant et très abordable, à la fois recherché, référencé et sincère. Étant donné les thèmes abordés, certains passages peuvent être pénibles à lire. J'ai personnellement trouvé le dernier chapitre sur les violences médicales particulièrement éprouvant, mais tellement nécessaire. Une lecture que je recommande chaudement, et qui m'encourage à poursuivre mon exploration d'essais féministes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Sexual violence