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sethlevy 's review for:
Woman Hating
by Andrea Dworkin
(4.5 stars) some pages i really had no idea what she was actually on about ie referring to fairies as a neolithic race of humans (lol) and the page on incest which was very ???, but overall some really interesting chapters and ideas , so much in the chapters on Chinese foot-binding and the witch trials that i had no idea of beforehand. And it's amazing how much she essentially predicted and was so on the mark about despite writing in the 70's, for things you may have expected to have been more aged. ie some lovely points about the science of biological sex not being binary(not only gender), & on transsexuality eg;
"Since we know very little about sex identity, and since psychiatrists are committed to the propagation of the cultural structure as it is, it would be more premature and not very intelligent to accept the psychiatric judgment that transsexuality is caused by faulty socialisation. More probably transsexuality is caused by a faulty society." ,
"By changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of transsexuals will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised."
For a somewhat short book (183 pages) she managed to cover a huge range of topics and despite being written now 50 years ago, doesn't actually feel too aged? First Andrea Dworkin book i've actually managed to finish but i'm halfway through Pornography-men possessing women, and once i finish that it may likely be my favourite over this one, as far more in depth, but we'll see.
"Since we know very little about sex identity, and since psychiatrists are committed to the propagation of the cultural structure as it is, it would be more premature and not very intelligent to accept the psychiatric judgment that transsexuality is caused by faulty socialisation. More probably transsexuality is caused by a faulty society." ,
"By changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of transsexuals will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised."
For a somewhat short book (183 pages) she managed to cover a huge range of topics and despite being written now 50 years ago, doesn't actually feel too aged? First Andrea Dworkin book i've actually managed to finish but i'm halfway through Pornography-men possessing women, and once i finish that it may likely be my favourite over this one, as far more in depth, but we'll see.