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

6 reviews

mayze's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

A intersectional feminist book around the politics around sex. It covers in detail, the waves of feminist movements since the 2nd half of the 20th Century and how certain topics (Pornography, sex work, sexuality) have caused rifts within. 

The books main topic is around sexual politics, particularly in US/UK academic settings. It asks (and tries to answer) questions around consent/non-consent, legalisation of sex work and how current views of sex can have different outcomes depending on social background, ethnicity, gender identification or even job title. 

The asks many thought-provoking questions such as (paraphrasing here) "even if you have consent from a potential sex partner, should you still go ahead" or "your attraction to certain peoples/things... Are they inherent or is it heavily influenced by external factors no how neutral you try to be? "

The book is really well-written and think Amia Srinavasan has laid down her argument in a really thoughtful and interesting manner and it's well worth a read even if you don't fully agree with its points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Classism, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Rape, Sexism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

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

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

epellicci's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

The Right to Sex is incredibly thoughtfully written. Encouraging of it's readers to really sit with the content and reflect, I felt I would have made the perfect buddy read as there was so much to unpack within each essay. I adored the way that Srinivasan was so rarely definitive - encouraging broad thinking, and sitting with new idea's regardless of your initial impressions. The book is a perfect exploration of perspective and a timely reminder to look outside of your echo chamber.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

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

joe_dmh's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Classism, Police brutality, and Homophobia