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Fix the System, Not the Women by Laura Bates

10 reviews

georgiasophia's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, and Rape

noiraet's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, and Murder

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Murder, Misogyny, and Death

feliciavanleeuwen's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Even though most things the book said were things I already knew, it added to my knowledge about intersectional feminism. I think the research, articles and interviewees Laura based the book on will help me in discussing the fact that al oppression is connected. I knew this already but I could never really find the words how, I think many non cishet abled bodied white men will know the feeling. 

Ofcourse there intersections that could've been investigated deeper but I think on a whole the book does justice in an intersectional way. Where she couldn't bring in her own experience/expertise, she asked another expert or checked many sources. As a young disabled white queer woman I saw experiences validated, even painfully so at times. 

Even though most of the boo 's research and content was about England/Great Britain, it nearly mimics my experiences in the Netherlands. Though I would love a similar book specificly about the Netherlands, as some of the daily discrimination people face may be more covert here. 
Laura inspired to maybe, just maybe, write that book myself. Or at least try and see if I can do some research in my own feeld, communication linguistics. I can think of a few subjects but one of them is see if there are more negatively loaded words for women than man in a (Dutch) dictionary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Hate crime, Racism, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Classism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Ableism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Abortion, Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Murder, and Hate crime

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Ableism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

It mentions a lot of things that could trigger people, especially those that have dealt with heavy institutional discrimination. It's heavy stuff, take your time with it.

lizwizwiz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Ableism, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

schopflin's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

This took me longer than I thought it would because I had to keep putting it down. It's an intelligent, empathetic book but it does plunge you into despair. Using the testimony of 'Everday Sexism' contributors (mostly women but one very powerful contribution from a man) is powerful and moving. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, and Rape

keishac13's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexism

sabbcm's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Body shaming

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

Another insightful, informative non fiction book about misogyny and sexism from Laura Bates.  This book focuses on systems of political and social power that work to oppress women, using examples from the Everyday Sexism project to illustrate the dire need for reforms from the UK government. 

Although I preferred Misogynation (simply because it's longer and more in-depth), I found this book similarly engaging. Reading this made me angry at how mistreated women are in schools, universities, workplaces, and other other structural organisations. Laura Bates is spot on when she advocates for an overhaul of laws, bodies of power (the police) and systems (like secondary education) in order to root out misogyny at the highest level.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

taylorjayne's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Stalking, Racism, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse