Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

167 reviews

meganjjang's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

triple_m's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

A really well researched and well written book about the different types of men who hate women, why they hate women, and how it harms everyone.

At times this book was hard to read, I mean, it’s really fucking depressing to hear all of the ways men want to harm us and hate us. It was especially upsetting to learn that the younger generation is buying into this narrative at increasing rates because of how easy this ideology can spread online. 

That being said, I’m really happy Laura didn’t shy away or play down the ugly truth of the situation, even if it’s not what we want to hear. Really important work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Racism

jbv123's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence

vonfletchington's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Hate crime, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Misogyny

eggbois_gf's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.25

It started off really strong and attention grabbing but as it went on it all just seemed to blur together and lost meaning. You became desensitized to the content, which is one of the points Bates makes for us to not do. I feel like it could have been condensed as she reiterated a lot of the same points, but it is a good starting point for learning about incel and toxic masculine extremism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Misogyny, and Violence

akizato's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

bekacrook's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book took me a long time to read as I had to pick it up and put it back down as it made me angry, horrified and upset simultaneously about the beliefs that people hold and how common it is. It's scary to think that people you are in contact with, friends of yours, colleagues, whatever could easily hold these views and be a part of these groups and forums online disguised behind their anonymity there. 

The book started at the most extreme end of the spectrum and I was simply horrified. I had some inkling about incels and their community but seeing the language used and the posts they make and the sheer normalcy of their hatred and views in their community is terrifying. At some points I genuinely gasped and felt like I wanted to cry out of shock and horror. 

Surprisingly the book began to get easier to read as she wrote about further up the chain, to the levels of misogyny that surround us on the daily. The kind of misogyny that we know and as awful as it sounds are familiar with and comfortable reading about because it's what we've been programmed to believe isn't a big deal and just a part of every day life. When I realised that was why I wasn't having such an extreme reaction to this and was finding it easier to digest I was shocked and then mad that I hadn't even realised or been aware of it. 

This book is the first book I've read on the topic of misogyny and the extremism that accompanies it and I feel like it was a good place to start and has made me aware of how much more there is for me to know and learn about. It did feel a bit repetitive at times but I suppose that comes with talking about a topic like this with the different links of the chain and how they influence each other. However it has definitely opened my eyes up further and has given me the urge to want to delve deeper into this topic again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Stalking, and Mass/school shootings

dollyshouse97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Reflecting all the interactions I’ve had with men on and offline 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, and Domestic abuse

aoifetriestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

It took me a long time to read this book, I took it in small doses over the whole year because it is very dark, depressing & real. It’s an important look at how dangerous a place the internet can be for women because of the actions of men. It’s very similar to my MA thesis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Misogyny

laurenrxse's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual violence