A review by hexkittie
Woman Hating by Andrea Dworkin

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4.0

Very difficult to read due to the at times triggering graphic content centered around the abuse of women, but nonetheless crucially educational and interesting when it comes to the discussion of Chinese foot binding (that part made me cry) as well as the European witch burnings. Loved the drawing and diagram included within this book.

Dworkin candidly and brutally explores the dichotomy of treatment between women and men under our universally patriarchal system, underscoring the swaths of sexual abuse and torture that women have been unwillingly subjected to at the hands of men. She does so in a very explicit, unforgiving manner that left me at many times with my hand over mouth in revulsion. 

Deducted one star because I especially didn’t care for the sentiments on the last chapter about the needlessly taboo topics that she endorsed (???) at that time but as I’ve learned had later on detracted her former statements.. still very offputting so I’ve deducted one star. 
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