Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

8 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

milliecybu's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, and Sexual harassment

_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

prog51's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism and Sexual assault

pipn_t's review

informative medium-paced

3.0

It was a decent book, it covered a lot of feminist concepts I’m familiar with already, though it was interesting to read about sources from French literature and culture.  An interesting read, a good book to introduce someone to some of the common feminist issues, though it was a bit of a tough read in a few spots.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

5.0

I loved this book ! It was really interesting and I learned a lot about society, patriarchy and of course feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Body shaming

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