Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

12 reviews

alexandryareads's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, and Gun violence

ivi_reads_books's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The book explores among other topics why thinking in absolutes like 'I believe her' perpetuate injustice. It looks at the intersectionality of gender, sex, race, social status, ability etc. and ties them all together in a compelling way. 
I was unsure whether I should read the book because I usually get bored with philosiphical texts but this one held my attention

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Abortion, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Body shaming, Misogyny, Biphobia, Slavery, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Alcohol

tina94's review against another edition

informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Classism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Trafficking

Minor: Murder and Suicide

tanya_mahadwar's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Definitely a book that everyone should be reading. A bit dense and hard to read (in part due to the weight of the subject) at times, but jam packed with thought provoking questions that will genuinely make you ponder the state of “Post Me-Too” feminism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Homophobia, Mental illness, Abortion, Child abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

dominic_t's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't agree with everything the author said, but I found it all incredibly thought-provoking. She did a great job of supporting her arguments, and her tone was very engaging. 

The title is deliberately inflammatory, but it really does suit the collection of essays. The author really interrogates the liberal ideas of sexual freedom that are prevalent in mainstream western feminism. She argues that our sexual desires and behaviors do have political implications, and that statement makes a lot of people very uncomfortable. But I think we owe it to ourselves to push through that discomfort and listen to what she's saying. She's not saying that your desires have to be "politically correct" or that you should sleep with people you don't want to sleep with. She's saying that marginalized people are also marginalized when seeking sexual relationships, and we need to engage with that fact instead of ignoring it. "The question, then, is how to dwell in the ambivalent place where we acknowledge that no one is obligated to desire anyone else, and that no one has a right to be desired, but also that who is desired and who isn't is a political question, a question often answered by more general patterns of domination and exclusion" (p. 90). I love that she invites us to engage with that question without giving a straightforward, easy answer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

karol99's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

Took me way to long to finish it. I enjoyed the first half of the book, but then found myself starting and finishing as I never gravitated to finish this. Happy I did though! It was a very informative and interesting read. Definitely wish I has read it back when I was writing my dissertation, it would be really good as a reference!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Classism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Hate crime, Deportation, Medical content, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Deportation, Pedophilia, Medical content, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

demo's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Transphobia, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Abortion

lilyaugust's review

challenging slow-paced

3.25

Read it for the second time now that I have more background in feminist theory and uhh life. And idk it didn't hold up for me as well this time. I'm not gonna go through and break down where I disagree with it here but. idk. not a huge fan of her arguments around sexual assault. and she writes like she spends a lot of time on twitter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Wow this is such an interesting and informative book!

CWs: sexual violence, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual content, sexism, misogyny, racism, classism, domestic abuse. Moderate: violence, adult/minor relationship, transphobia/transmisia, xenophobia, police brutality, homophobia/homomisia, murder, hate crime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Homophobia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Violence, and Transphobia

twicetheamountofsparetime's review

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence