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inspiring reflective fast-paced

lorna1003's review

4.0

A great way to talk about sex, especially desire, arousal, consent and the position of women in all these things in the patriarchal setting both currently and historically. Angel pulls at great pop culture references to aid their argument and the continuous references both to other scholars and studies provides a valid basis for the argument.
The issue raised that stuck with me the most was that sex is difficult to objectively study - you can’t remake the conditions of sex organically in a laboratory to examine - either there is a sense of voyeurism or sex isn’t as it would usually be due to being perceived. The significance of consent in this book is also prominent - the inclusion of how men’s violent nature in heteronormative relationships can incite verbal consent and the fear of rejection was so interesting too.

This is such an interesting examination of consent culture and sexuality, really changed my perspective

juju_432's review

4.0
dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

No is a full sentence 

Incredibly well researched and peppered with relevant and wittily inserted references and studies. I learned so much and questioned so much of what I have been taught about sex and consent.
informative reflective
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ilonabee's review

2.25
informative reflective fast-paced

1jessml's review

5.0
hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

This presented so many new ideas and ways of thinking for me that I can’t help but call it liberating.

It’s more academic in nature, which I prefer. But it also feels very exploratory in itself at the same time, which is inviting. It feels like Angel is learning along with you almost - and exploring ideas new to her as well. Obviously I don’t know if this is true, but I liked the tone it set.

Great stuff here. I practically highlighted the whole thing.

kan681's review

4.5
challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced