Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Usynlige kvinner. Hvorfor vi lever i en verden designet for menn by Caroline Criado Pérez

71 reviews

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.5

Brilliant book that clearly explains the impact of excluding women's experience. It doesn't ignore the experience of non-white women either, but does acknowledge that although women and female data are missing, so too are data for non-white women plus pregnant and menstruateing women to a greater extent. Trans women however are not referenced at all.

It's very statistic heavy, and relentless, but a must read imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

abbs17's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Violence and War

zombiezami's review against another edition

Although I was excited for this book and getting lots of interesting and surprising facts from it, some of the turns of phrase struck me as outdated at best and cis-centric/transphobic at worst. Some of these include "female-bodied," saying she considers women to be those with XX chromosomes (fun fact: almost no one checks their chromosomes because it's expensive to do so, so the XX/XY dichotomy is a generalization, even before you get into intersex people existing), and quoting someone who says that "pregnancy is not a gender-neutral event." These statements, plus hearing that the author was British, gave me pause. 

I searched the author online and found that she had said some transphobic dogwhistles that she erased rather than apologizing for. Aside from this, her solutions to various issues such as sexual violence seem focused on carcerality. Even if the author had said, "I'm focusing on cis women because that's what data I have," that would have been a bit more excusable, but I don't feel good about continuing to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Excrement

Minor: War

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readingelli's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

xosirenox's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

saraaai's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Genocide, Transphobia, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

spellygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. Though if you have any empathy at all, it's going to break your heart and piss you off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War