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I unabashedly loved this book. I kinda wish I hadn't borrowed it from the library so that I could have my own copy that I could return to whenever I want.
My first thought reading this book was that this book is presented in a semi-memoir format that feels both personal and academic. Due to this combination of looking at the presentation of gender through her individual stimuli made the book very accessible in terms of the reader's acquaintance with feminist theory. It's not highly academic and it speaks on a personable level that aims to guide the reader through the principles and ideologies. I found this very refreshing since it could be a beginner book into gender theory without being patronising to readers who are more acquainted with feminism.
This book also helped confront some hidden prejudices I have, which in a way I disliked because I don't like to think I harbour negative gender stereotypes, but it is very productive and helpful to be shown our mental pitfalls so that we are able to grow from them.
I agreed with her on pretty much everything though I had a mental argument about her stance on sexual orientation because it felt that she was saying that people have a choice to be LGBTIQ+. She was saying that sexuality is largely a choice or consequences that is a product of society, which I don't agree with because in we live in a society that heavily reinforces heteronormative ideals, so if sexuality was the result of society, than our society would produce significantly less gay/queer people. I believe there is some biology to it, an element that is subconscious and unchangeable. I understand her argument in the sense of preferences in partners, in the terms of the types of people, but that isn't a sexual preference; those are preferences within the orientation. The same way that I'm not going to be attracted to every person, but find certain people more attractive than other. But to some extent, even preferences are more aligned with subconscious personality or with a conscious alignment with someone whose personality/appearance syncs with what you value in a partner.
Despite having this mental argument with her, which I enjoyed having to some extent because it helped to clarify my stance on the matter, I loved this book. It was highly readable and I would love to return to it in the future. I am definitely excited to read more from her regarding gender theory.
My first thought reading this book was that this book is presented in a semi-memoir format that feels both personal and academic. Due to this combination of looking at the presentation of gender through her individual stimuli made the book very accessible in terms of the reader's acquaintance with feminist theory. It's not highly academic and it speaks on a personable level that aims to guide the reader through the principles and ideologies. I found this very refreshing since it could be a beginner book into gender theory without being patronising to readers who are more acquainted with feminism.
This book also helped confront some hidden prejudices I have, which in a way I disliked because I don't like to think I harbour negative gender stereotypes, but it is very productive and helpful to be shown our mental pitfalls so that we are able to grow from them.
I agreed with her on pretty much everything though I had a mental argument about her stance on sexual orientation because it felt that she was saying that people have a choice to be LGBTIQ+. She was saying that sexuality is largely a choice or consequences that is a product of society, which I don't agree with because in we live in a society that heavily reinforces heteronormative ideals, so if sexuality was the result of society, than our society would produce significantly less gay/queer people. I believe there is some biology to it, an element that is subconscious and unchangeable. I understand her argument in the sense of preferences in partners, in the terms of the types of people, but that isn't a sexual preference; those are preferences within the orientation. The same way that I'm not going to be attracted to every person, but find certain people more attractive than other. But to some extent, even preferences are more aligned with subconscious personality or with a conscious alignment with someone whose personality/appearance syncs with what you value in a partner.
Despite having this mental argument with her, which I enjoyed having to some extent because it helped to clarify my stance on the matter, I loved this book. It was highly readable and I would love to return to it in the future. I am definitely excited to read more from her regarding gender theory.