A review by gracestella
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why by Joan Torres, Susan Forward

3.0

I was in a very toxic relationship with a misogynist for years. It was nearly identical to how Dr. Forward describes in this book. I really appreciated how much time she spent explaining and discussing how the misogynist works so that in the future I can do my best to avoid them. The only real issue I have with this book is that I wish she would explain if someone is abusive to you, they more than likely won't change. Nothing you do or say will convince them to change, unless they choose so, and even then you have to be very cautious. I appreciate many of her sentiments, but the second half of the book is somewhat useless because I really don't believe someone who truly hates women as badly as this book describes can be rehabbed. Otherwise, it was a very interesting book that confirmed, my abusive relationship wasn't my fault and whatever toxic pattern happened, will be repeated by him again.