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th18's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Minor: Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Suicide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Death, and Racism
bookishbrenbren's review
4.0
It starts very strong with informative and compelling chapters on the incel community, pick-up artists (PUA), Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), and MRAs, which (even for someone who felt fairly well-informed before going into the book) were all by turns very shocking and very elucidating. I thought the author's argument of how and why this online extremism is causing offline harm was strongest in these early chapters and I found myself marking the most number of pages in this section.
The subsequent chapters, on trolls and domestic violence provided diminishing returns to their inclusion and could've been shortened - or rather, the domestic violence chapter could serve as a primer to the book, more of an introduction if anything, as knowledge of the misogynist foundations of our society is sort of necessary background information.
The following chapters, "Men Who Exploit Other Men" and "Men Who Are Afraid of Women", which cover, respectively, the ways the most powerful and recognizable misogynists - the 'face' of misogyny, if you will - benefit from the support of online misogynists (and how online misogynists are empowered by their public representation) and the strong misogynist backlash against the #MeToo movement and the sudden popular interest in false rape allegations. Again, I thought these chapters were out of place after 6 chapters of sketching how the extremist misogynist online community looks and acts. There were pages explaining how Donald Trump and Piers Morgan benefit from misogyny... like... did the author and editor assume their readers not only exist in the year 2020, and then not only bought THIS book (not likely by accident, given the title), but somehow also made it through the first 200 pages of this book without understanding what these men and their slavering followers have done to bring misogyny mainstream? Or did they think that these readers would be the folks who need convincing that the backlash to MeToo was misogynist in nature? To me, it seemed silly. If readers didn't know this information beforehand, it seems unlikely their worldviews would have allowed them to get through the first chapters of this book. Needless to say, I felt very bored by these chapters and what started out as a very exciting 5-star read for me became mired in "yeah yeah yeah"s.
Then the final two chapters, on young men and the ways they are captured by the online extremist community and men who are working against the very outdated societal standards of masculinity, were a return to extremely informative and extremely compelling writing, and I was very glad I didn't give the book up sooner. Thus, I am torn. If I could edit about 60 pages out of this book, I think it would be a 5-star read. But as it stands now, it's only 'good'.
Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Violence, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Homophobia
selimhannah's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Murder
smalika's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia
mariacirillo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Transphobia
isabellaeileen's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence
ginnyb412's review
4.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Misogyny
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Sexism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Child death, Bullying, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Death
Minor: Classism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Incest, Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Pedophilia
anningana's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Racism, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Sexism
Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, and Stalking
bookish_dinkleberg's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Violence
jopriestley's review
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Gun violence