Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Sex and Lies by Leïla Slimani

6 reviews

zouzou4444's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

jkatey's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Abortion and Rape

twicetheamountofsparetime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

molly_kate's review

dark informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

kycerae's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, and Rape

bookish_sabrina's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

After her release of Adele and her public championing of women's rights and freedoms, many women began confiding in Slimani about their shared experiences concerning misogyny, lack of sexual education, and lack of agency concerning marriage. There is a diverse array of voices in terms of education levels and experiences, although it was unfortunately lacking in LGBTQ voices, for understandable reasons.

I feel like this book taught me so much about gender norms and culture in Morocco, which I previously knew nothing about. Public displays of affection are banned in the public and the media. Women are extremely concerned with maintaining the appearance of purity, while also leading sexually active lives. Hymen inspections and replacements are common. I appreciated the breadth of voices that provided unique descriptions of experiences, which served to highlight how pervasive these trends are in modern Morocco. I think it has provided a lot of useful context for reading Moroccan texts in the future, particularly by women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship