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hxnnxh_m's review against another edition
3.0
so scholarly of me to rent this from the library for my essay
dashadashahi's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting analysis but the amount of praise given to the Canadian Supreme Court and that the court takes women as an underprivileged group seriously seems to diminish Canada's real issues with human rights and gender/sex discrimination and abuse.
Apart from that - a really interesting book that makes one consider pornography in a different light (hopefully).
Apart from that - a really interesting book that makes one consider pornography in a different light (hopefully).
jmrivera's review against another edition
3.0
Very interesting view on pornography as protected speech, how this is harmful to women in that it perpetuates the normalizing of violence against women and children, and how freedom of speech and the freedom of equality should line up, which it currently does not in this country.
goandbetori's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent points on pornography from a perspective we don't often hear-- that of those who don't have a choice in the matter. I appreciated her bluntness and passion on the topic, which I haven't seen many other places. It's devastating that human trafficking is such a violent and shocking part of the Western World that is simultaneously rarely talked about, just as much when this book was written as it is now.
I knocked a star because she seems to make statements occasionally more for shock value than to logically follow her own argument's trail. Even still, this book's got a nice place on my shelf as the questions it raises about the nature of "free speech" and the relativism of rights were fascinating and thoughts to chew on.
I knocked a star because she seems to make statements occasionally more for shock value than to logically follow her own argument's trail. Even still, this book's got a nice place on my shelf as the questions it raises about the nature of "free speech" and the relativism of rights were fascinating and thoughts to chew on.
candournat's review against another edition
4.0
I first read this at age 19 and it was one of the works that began my shift from white-washed simplistic feminism to radical, critical feminism. I’ve re-read it today as a self-aware 23 year old woman who is far more capable of critical analysis of the word around her, and of her own trauma.
I truly believe everyone needs to read this, and that anyone who heavily critiques it is simply not capable of comprehending just how crippling the patriarchy is.
This book, along with works of Andrea Dworkin, are often critiqued as ‘man-hating’ or ‘feminism that has gone too far’, but I believe that they simply reflect the reality that the vast majority of women face on a day-to-day basis. Unfortunately, I think a lot of women are dealing with the issues portrayed by this book and are just not ready to admit it yet.
Nevertheless, I absolutely love Mackinnon’s work and think it should be more widely read.
I truly believe everyone needs to read this, and that anyone who heavily critiques it is simply not capable of comprehending just how crippling the patriarchy is.
This book, along with works of Andrea Dworkin, are often critiqued as ‘man-hating’ or ‘feminism that has gone too far’, but I believe that they simply reflect the reality that the vast majority of women face on a day-to-day basis. Unfortunately, I think a lot of women are dealing with the issues portrayed by this book and are just not ready to admit it yet.
Nevertheless, I absolutely love Mackinnon’s work and think it should be more widely read.
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