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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
This was fascinating to read from a historical standpoint. It's interesting to see where feminist thinking has changed from the time of this book's publication in 1970. Although we may not agree on every point, this was nonetheless a really valuable read.
So I feel quite lucky to be a university student at this point and being able to borrow some books from the library to learn more about the feminist waves and so on.
As I have to write an essay about social movements, I picked the second Feminist wave and what is happening now. With that, I have been using Goodreads to find books that might have a big influence on the second feminist wave and to give me opinions about what was happening in the time and just to gather more information in general because it is very interesting.
Luckily for me, the university library had the book so I could just borrow it and read through it, at the moment my essay mainly focuses on the beauty view (how do you have to look as a woman) and sexual harassment. This book gave me a lot of that bit of information, I still have a lot more to read but it was actually quite nicely written (including the sarcasm). I only did not like the quotes in between the pieces of text because it would cut off sentences and just brought me out of what I was reading but well that can happen to other books as well.
Greer breaks up everything she wants to mention in categories, Love, Hate etc and gives chapter title so that to explain in further detail what she means and that was a very nice way and to me a good construction to how I understand or how I can find something back when I am really writing this essay, at this point I am still in the gathering phase but I have time.
As I have to write an essay about social movements, I picked the second Feminist wave and what is happening now. With that, I have been using Goodreads to find books that might have a big influence on the second feminist wave and to give me opinions about what was happening in the time and just to gather more information in general because it is very interesting.
Luckily for me, the university library had the book so I could just borrow it and read through it, at the moment my essay mainly focuses on the beauty view (how do you have to look as a woman) and sexual harassment. This book gave me a lot of that bit of information, I still have a lot more to read but it was actually quite nicely written (including the sarcasm). I only did not like the quotes in between the pieces of text because it would cut off sentences and just brought me out of what I was reading but well that can happen to other books as well.
Greer breaks up everything she wants to mention in categories, Love, Hate etc and gives chapter title so that to explain in further detail what she means and that was a very nice way and to me a good construction to how I understand or how I can find something back when I am really writing this essay, at this point I am still in the gathering phase but I have time.
slow-paced
I appreciate that this book was written over 50 years ago, but I still couldn't get over some of the content. A lot of it came across as more misogynistic than feminist, with complete generalisations about women and absurd ideas such as "many men get violent because women goad them and women kinda love it don't they ;)))". There were a few funny observations that kept me reading but overall I view this as more of a historical document than a feminist text and definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone
I found this a little extreme for my taste and hard to read. Although, I really enjoyed the first part of the book and analysis of the body.
challenging
slow-paced
Oof, this was a slog. Greer's writing style was like my essays in first year - quotes thrown in all over the place with no context or tie in.
Despite this (and the casual homophobic, transphobic and racial slurs), I acknowledge the massive effect this book had when it came out.
The medical/biological chapter about how little we understand about female anatomy and medicine was the only one I really enjoyed because much of it (unfortunately) is still quite true today. A lot of her observations in that chapter were quite apt and would have been honestly remarkable for the period.
Despite this (and the casual homophobic, transphobic and racial slurs), I acknowledge the massive effect this book had when it came out.
The medical/biological chapter about how little we understand about female anatomy and medicine was the only one I really enjoyed because much of it (unfortunately) is still quite true today. A lot of her observations in that chapter were quite apt and would have been honestly remarkable for the period.
reflective
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informative
reflective
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challenging
informative
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced