Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Consent Laid Bare: sex, entitlement & the distortion of desire by Chanel Contos

6 reviews

dearkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book made me feel all the emotions - rage, sadness, fear, helplessness, hopefulness and inspiration. It's hard reading, it's necessary reading. Not just for girls and women, but for boys and men. And in the context of the current DV epidemic in Australia (although the use of the word current feels redundant), the time to read it is now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

stringy's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Excellent exploration of what consent is, what rape culture is, and how we can prevent one category of sexual assault in future. Australian context but applicable in a lot of other places I think. 
Interesting point: women call men creepy when they don’t have enough signals to decide between safe and dangerous. No red flags, but no indication of real safety either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

The topic of the book itself is a content warning, but the author also gives warnings before the most descriptive parts in case you’re ok with moderate but not graphic descriptions.

banannie_18's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

rhijayne's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

_moonbread's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

issyd23's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Fuck yeah Chanel!!! 

Insightful read for those with limited knowledge on gender, sex and feminism or with an honours degree in the subject.

Contos knows her shit and has done her research, she even name checks one of my fave feminist scholars Raewyn Connell! 

Thanks for making the world a safer place 5👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail