Reviews with content warning for Sexual violence - Moi les hommes, je les déteste

Ce court essai brûle d'un féminisme retentissant. Il est malheureux qu'affirmer sa misandrie (sa haine des hommes) ait attiré tant de haine à son autrice alors que la misogynie (la haine des femmes) s'affiche sans vergogne partout. Pauline Harmange commence par un constat aussi nécessaire que douloureux : non, la misandrie n'est pas simplement l'inverse de la misogynie, tout simplement parce que la seconde est soutenue par un système complet ancré dans les mœurs et les institutions. A partir de là, difficile de faire autre chose que de hocher la tête au rythme des courts chapitres qui dessinent les contours de haine qui s'exprime rarement mais dans le silence de laquelle se déploie un vaste réseau de sororités.
CW : étant donné le sujet, il est souvent (voire constamment) question de sexisme et de violences sexistes et sexuelles.

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informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

Short and sweet. This is a great way to look into the mind of what some might call a 'radical' feminist. You might be surprised by how un-radical the book is. I don't think much of this will be new for the average woman who has taken time to contemplate society and men. But it's nice to see it vocalized and defended.

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inspiring fast-paced

3.0

This essay in book form was nearly banned in France merely because of the emphatic title. However, I Hate Men is not a book about why the author hates men. Not really. Instead, I Hate Men is a call for global female solidarity. Harmange puts forth that most women have spent their lives ingesting culture created by men. Why not better all of our lives by having women say "enough!" and begin to focus primarily on centering the creations of other women?

I appreciated a lot of Harmange's points and her unique, conversational tone. However, I ultimately felt that this essay was just a fresh spin on tried and true feminist ideas.

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funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

A nice pamphlet. A good starting point into feminist thought. Pretty revolutionary under French feminist standards. Full of very quotable sentences.

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challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Women revendicating their anger is still perceived as a threat when in fact it should be seen as the most natural thing there is. Don’t you see why we are angry? The backlash against this anger, against our desire to occupy more space cannot be justified in any way unless you ignore the reality completely. WOMEN’S ANGER DOES NOT EQUAL MEN’S VIOLENCE SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR ANGER DOES NOT KILL MEN.

I did not learn anything new from this essay but I felt heard and seen. Pauline places great importance on the idea of women having each other’s back, women helping and uplifting each other, women forming a mass of solidarity that cannot be silenced.

Another important aspect would be that it’s high time for men to educate themselves on feminist issues. As Pauline says, the burden is always on women in a heterosexual relationship and that is draining and unfair. Many passages made by think of « Le mythe de la virilité » by Olivia Gazalé where the concept of (toxic) masculinity is deconstructed in a brilliant way.

I recommend this one. It’s short and it might fuel your desire to read more feminist publications if you are not doing it already.

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