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4.31 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
The author reads these book and I think she does a fantastic job making the science easy to understand and the reader feel comfortable.
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This is a book exclusively written for a) heterosexual b) neurotypical c) women who are d) experiencing sexual shame and e) do not have any significant personal trauma around sex.
… I struggle to refrain from adding “not that there’s anything WRONG with that!”
So, with that out of the way, here are my complaints even if we assume that premise, which is itself kinda disappointing.
1. The tone is insufferably infantilizing; I’m not convinced Emily Nagoski actually respects women’s ability to read without being condescendingly praised for “sticking with it.”
2. It is endlessly repetitive.
3. It unquestioningly reinforces gender essentialism, even when it doesn’t seem there’s any cause to do so.
4. It repeatedly oversimplifies information enough to render it functionally useless.
I made the mistake of thinking that even if this book is directed towards women, it must really mostly be about non-normative, patriarchal conceptions of sexuality and therefore useful to a broad audience. I don’t think that’s the case at all, and in fact as I said I think this book does women themselves multiple serious disservices. It’s deeply boring.
… I struggle to refrain from adding “not that there’s anything WRONG with that!”
So, with that out of the way, here are my complaints even if we assume that premise, which is itself kinda disappointing.
1. The tone is insufferably infantilizing; I’m not convinced Emily Nagoski actually respects women’s ability to read without being condescendingly praised for “sticking with it.”
2. It is endlessly repetitive.
3. It unquestioningly reinforces gender essentialism, even when it doesn’t seem there’s any cause to do so.
4. It repeatedly oversimplifies information enough to render it functionally useless.
I made the mistake of thinking that even if this book is directed towards women, it must really mostly be about non-normative, patriarchal conceptions of sexuality and therefore useful to a broad audience. I don’t think that’s the case at all, and in fact as I said I think this book does women themselves multiple serious disservices. It’s deeply boring.
informative
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
To all the girls who have felt broken, faulty and shamed by either their families or possibly ex/current partners. I implore you to read this book. Nagoski holds your hand while walking you through what sexuality actually is and how societal norms are not what you should aim for.
I feel heard and understood for the first time in my life, and that makes me feel so relieved yet so enraged. Why isn't this discussed more? This book should be apart of the school sex education program, and I truly mean that.
I feel heard and understood for the first time in my life, and that makes me feel so relieved yet so enraged. Why isn't this discussed more? This book should be apart of the school sex education program, and I truly mean that.
Not to be dramatic but this has already changed my life
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced