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736 reviews for:
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
Katherine Angel
4.04 AVERAGE
736 reviews for:
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
Katherine Angel
4.04 AVERAGE
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Some solid, sturdy thoughts about consent and desire. Obviously wish it could have dealt with _male_ stuff a bit more, but that's how it goes.
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A must read (though this is 98% about heterosexual relationships). Short book just over 100 pages but jam packed with such important information and discussion. Consent and consensual sexual relationships are so so complex and the discourse in the media and politics are wrought with damaging and just inaccurate beliefs. Katherine’s book is so important. It blows my mind that as a 24 year old woman there are still things I’m learning about my sexuality and desire that I never was taught or given the space to explore.
Also an absolute banger of a quote “Men, after all, hate women so that they don’t have to hate themselves.” As a bisexual woman who unfortunately dates straight men, just phenomenal and too accurate.
Also an absolute banger of a quote “Men, after all, hate women so that they don’t have to hate themselves.” As a bisexual woman who unfortunately dates straight men, just phenomenal and too accurate.
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I’m not leaving a rating because I honestly can’t tell what this book was trying to say. It was difficult to understand when the author was being satirical, citing others, or arguing for a point.
When I picked up this book, I didn't realize how academic and theoretical it would be. I would have loved to read this in school with a pen in hand to underline passages and discuss in a seminar. Listening to this on audio didn't really do the book justice, as I couldn't always follow the thread of Angel's argument as easily.
What I did take away from the book was a complication of what consent and desire mean. By placing the onus of consent on women, to know what they want out of an encounter, is to place a lot of pressure for them to "know" themselves and their desires more than most people usually do. We are constantly evolving our desires, so it's unfair to expect women to be entirely in control and responsible for this knowing. Complicating things further, women's bodily sexual responses often don't match how they feel in their head, but could be used against them as evidence that they're enjoying something.
What I did take away from the book was a complication of what consent and desire mean. By placing the onus of consent on women, to know what they want out of an encounter, is to place a lot of pressure for them to "know" themselves and their desires more than most people usually do. We are constantly evolving our desires, so it's unfair to expect women to be entirely in control and responsible for this knowing. Complicating things further, women's bodily sexual responses often don't match how they feel in their head, but could be used against them as evidence that they're enjoying something.
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Very academic. Some pretty interesting concepts are woven together, but the writing/presentation of material just feels a little lacking. It's important information but the problem with catering to academia, is that it severely limits audience and your ability to convey that messaging to a broader audience.
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