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knikki's review against another edition
4.0
Read for school. Exactly what I needed and well presented.
meganmilks's review against another edition
4.0
i find this book pretty dry - the writing doesn't compel me - but it's one of the more complicated approaches to understanding gender that i've read, and could be useful for an undergraduate class - introducing all the complexity of gender from the get-go as opposed to, for example, starting off with second-wave binaries and having to complicate them continually as you go.
bowiesbooks's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.0
I did actually have to read this for a gender studies course at uni but it’s definitely along the lines of non-fiction books that I’d like to pick up and read anyways. It’s way more educational and uses less accessible language than other books about gender that I’ve read, but I ended up learning a lot more. There was a lot of ‘ah-ha’ moments and sentences that I underlined, which is always a good sign. I like how Connell linked gender to sexuality and politics to highlights the different dimensions, complexities and aspects of it. I found it really interesting and insightful overall.
merri's review against another edition
4.0
the first book for studies i have read thorougly enough to add here... interesting, liked this very much, a very global review in feminist literature and research i am content
stefhyena's review
4.0
This is before Raewyn Connell was Raewyn. I'm not trying to deadname just grapple with complex identities and the author of this book speaks self-consciously as a man in parts of it. This seemed to me to be more of a history of gender than anything else, it's really useful and interesting albeit some bits seem kind of naive in retrospect (but it is almost 20 years old now).
I think people need to read this book or something like this, there is more awareness of the fluidity and multiplicity of gender these days but it seems to me the historical view puts it into perspective as socially constructed (not essential) which both explains why more people are non-binary and trans these days but also takes away the capacity to view this as a crisis.
The stuff about Connell's partner was the most interesting or maybe just how tenderly it was written and with what respect seemed engaging. It's an easy read, not pitched at showing off academic cleverness but more at actually showing and explaining the field of gender studies to anyone who is interested without over-simplifying. Still relevant.
I think people need to read this book or something like this, there is more awareness of the fluidity and multiplicity of gender these days but it seems to me the historical view puts it into perspective as socially constructed (not essential) which both explains why more people are non-binary and trans these days but also takes away the capacity to view this as a crisis.
The stuff about Connell's partner was the most interesting or maybe just how tenderly it was written and with what respect seemed engaging. It's an easy read, not pitched at showing off academic cleverness but more at actually showing and explaining the field of gender studies to anyone who is interested without over-simplifying. Still relevant.
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