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A review by kmynhier
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
2.0
As a book marketed as erotica for women, I was shocked to find many disturbing and repulsive chapters within. Descriptions of incest, pedophilia, and necrophilia don’t even begin to cover the contents of this book. Even the chapters which featured normal sexual encounters came off as degrading and demeaning to the women involved. Most of this book reads like a man’s personal fantasy of revenge and humiliation on the women who have somehow wronged him in the past. And we are supposed to believe that the women in the stories are finding these experiences enjoyable…
Of course this book was written in a different time, but it is hard to imagine an average person enjoying this erotica when it comes off as shock value porn written by someone on the extreme fringes of society. There is hardly anything relatable to be found in this book. On top of all this, I truly can’t see how this has been heralded as a feminist work when it features so much female exploitation. Controversial opinion perhaps, but “female sexual liberation” is the antithesis of empowerment in a patriarchal society which values women on their sexuality, youth, and submission.
Of course this book was written in a different time, but it is hard to imagine an average person enjoying this erotica when it comes off as shock value porn written by someone on the extreme fringes of society. There is hardly anything relatable to be found in this book. On top of all this, I truly can’t see how this has been heralded as a feminist work when it features so much female exploitation. Controversial opinion perhaps, but “female sexual liberation” is the antithesis of empowerment in a patriarchal society which values women on their sexuality, youth, and submission.