Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

224 reviews

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Outing

se_wigget's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

 

Fuck you, fucking piece of fucking shit fucking victim-blaming fucking rape apologists fucking misogynists. You are the fuck devoid of any redeeming quality.  And that fucking includes you, fucking piece of fucking shit Washington fucking Post. 

This is an intense personal account of the author's experience after rape. It has insightful cultural commentary. Make that... shitculture commentary.

 

"Victims are often, automatically, accused of lying. But when a perpetrator is exposed for lying, the stigma doesn't stick. Why is it that we're wary of victims making false accusations, but rarely consider how many men have blatantly lied about, downplayed, or manipulated others to cover their own actions (p. 191)?" 

 

"Nobody earns the right to rape. It is still rape when he is a good swimmer (p. 249)." 

 

Sexual predators as gaslighters: 

"Society [rape culture] gives women the near impossible task of separating harmlessness from danger, the foresight of knowing what some men are capable of. When we call out assault when we hear it, Trump says, I don't think you understand.  Just words. You are overreacting, overly offended, hysterical, rude [projecting], relax!!! So we dismiss threatening statements and warning signs, apologizing for our [nonexistent] paranoia. We go into a party or meeting thinking it's just a party or meeting.  But when we are taken advantage of, and come crawling back damaged, they say, How could you be so naive, you failed to detect danger, let your guard down, what did you think would happen? Trump made it clear the game is rigged, the rules keep changing. It doesn't matter what you think [or know] is assault, because in the end, he [the sexual predator] decides (p. 278)." 

  

"When society questions a victim's reluctance to report, I will be here to remind you that you ask us to sacrifice our sanity to fight outdated structures that were designed to keep us down (p. 288)." 

 

"This is not a out the victim's lack of effort. It's about society's failure to to have systems in place in which victims feel there's a probable chance of achieving safety, justice, and restoration rather than being traumatized, publicly shamed, psychologically tormented, and verbally mauled. The real question we need to be asking is not, Why didn't she report. The question is, Why would you (p. 288)?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

homebodynate's review

emotional hopeful sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racial slurs and Police brutality

sandakie's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book (when you’re in the right head/life space).

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Content Warnings

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

nicmgray's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

seahorsecowgirl420's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

rat_girly's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood and Gaslighting

jazzle137's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

this_little_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Chanel Miller’s memoir about the aftermath of her assault at a college frat party is a powerful and devastating read as she goes into her experience of being forced to fight in the legal system instead of being allowed time to heal. She articulates the inexcusable double standards that survivors are held to and what it feels like to exist as a woman with painful accuracy. While this is by no means an easy read because of the content, it is so well written that I couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

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

veelaughtland's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism