Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

37 reviews

jbrando28's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Rape, War, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Hate crime

emmeline_ahh's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.75

this was equal parts cathartic and deeply infuriating. it’s like I grew up watching a show that I convinced myself was my favorite show ever and as I grew up I realized I don’t think I ever liked the show and then a book comes out about every actor who was in the show (the Grahams, the Falwells, TobyMac, Natalie Grant, the guy who wrote the Left Behind series, Ronald Reagan, Chip and Joanna Gaines briefly, the entirety of the Southern Baptist Convention—like it’s a deep cast you know) airing out all their dirty secrets except they’re not dirty secrets it’s just things they’ve literally said and stood for. also it’s like the show writers came out and stated for the record that I was never welcome to watch their show in the first place and also they hate me personally. even though I already decided I didn’t like the show and never really did and even though it’s information I suspected all along but never fully confirmed, it somehow still feels like it ruined my childhood? 

basically, if you have any sort of religious trauma including but not limited to being in a religious community and at the same time being a woman, being gay, existing outside of the gender binary, having a super toxically masculine dad/father figure, being a kid who got spanked, being someone interested in science, being someone who cared more about helping people than proselytizing them, being a pacifist—it hits a little (a lot) close to home and it will piss you off but it’s a really good read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Transphobia

burdasnest's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

 At times nauseating, I ultimately think this is a must-read for understanding the United States today. This treatise establishes facts and presents a comprehensive explanation of how masculinity has been especially twisted over the past century to the point of electing Donald Trump. It's tough to swallow, but it feels like a large chunk of the population are living in a completely different established reality, even in my own backyard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Slavery, Sexism, War, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Ableism, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

mswarning's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.25

It's hard to say that I "really like" this book or think it's "amazing." I can't describe how many times it made me angry, like when pastors or other authority figures were given passes when they accused of sexual or child abuse. People just chalked it up to their god-given "masculinity." This book is not snarky or humorous despite the impression the title might give. It's a cultural foray into white evangelicalism in the US.

I did not like the narrator. She sounded robotic, bored, and dispassionate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Racism

montyalmoro's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Slavery, Sexual content, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Racism

sorry_imbooked's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Child abuse

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

mfrisk's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I can’t even begin to express how much I want everyone I know to read this book. It maps out with care, critique, and precision the rise of the religious right over time and where the cultural met the religious aspects of evangelism to bring us to the state of fear and anger which has stoked bubbling hatred and concealed abuse. I think this book is extremely important for those in politics or involved in civic engagement in any way to read as well as those who practice religion in a way which goes against the harmful ideals detailed in this book. It is not a guidebook to the other side of the harm which has been created but to better understand this movement is to know how to deconstruct it and I feel more informed having read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Transphobia, and Gun violence

melissahawco's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Rape

roguesaw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, War, and Sexual assault

This book reaffirmed the thoughts I had on American patriotism and evangelicalism.