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pianokeys's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Slavery
_caramel_'s review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Islamophobia, and Abortion
Minor: Racial slurs
notthatcosta's review against another edition
2.5
Most of the chapters feel unnecessarily padded out, often with repetition of previous points made that don't serve to create a cohesive narrative thread. Even in more successful chapters like 'Men Who Don't Know They Hate Women', half way through it veers off into a tangent about the 2016 election.
I understand that the topic at hand is very broad, complex and wide reaching, but the lack of focus makes it frustrating to read beyond the frustrating subject matter. With better and tighter editing I think this could have been a great book, but it ends up feeling like an unfocussed and cluttered collection of ideas and case studies with some paraphrased 4Chan posts sprinkled in.
I probably would have preferred it if the book just centred on what Laura Bates heard during her school visits and talks, rather than the need to try and summarise what she read on manosphere forums.
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
ginnyb412's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Classism