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Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

16 reviews

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Overall talks about the things the hate groups send and post which is usually really graphic

juliec617's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The book was extremely powerful and insightful. My copy is filled with notes and highlighted paragraphs. This book was my introduction to Laura Bates and will be something I will re-read many more times. 
Each chapter examines different extremist groups (Incels, MGTOW, PUA, and MRA). It goes into detail how politics and poor journalism/media coverage downplays the power these groups have. It covers how boys can sucked into these groups and ways of thinking and how to we can prevent/stop it.  Laura Bates covers misogyny in what she calls the "manosphere" and how it acts as a spider web, catching prey and brainwashing young men to spew hate and recruit others, while the ones at the top get rich off of the hate. This book also looks into the physical acts of violence seen in countries such as the U.S.A., UK, and Australia. 

I cannot recommend this book enough to both women and men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

This book is not for the weak, I had to put it down several times and switch to something more cheery. I'm glad I read it and will re-read it in the future. Take care while reading this book.

ashleygreene03's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

clarawmarcia's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

papreasaurus's review against another edition

It was incredibly challenging to know the following things;
1. People that Laura talks about in this book exist in large, hidden numbers
2. They could be anyone

This book contains extremely important and helpful information. It is something I think everyone should take a gander at least once in their life - regardless of their gender, sex or orientation. Because this is a reality we all face and interact with, even if it is on very different levels from one person to the next. But it honestly gave me so much anxiety listening to the audio book, that I need to make sure everyone is aware that it is a very difficult read / listen, and it is okay to read it in small doses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Extreme, graphic depictions of rape, death threats, etc.

takin492's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

cdubbs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rewitr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

mindintheskies's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

There's so much detail in this book that I didn't expect. I was triggered by a lot of the statistics and real, lived stories that were shared of women suffering at the hands of incels and incel-sympathisers. I guess that's the reason why it's taken me 4 months to get through it all. The book doesn't only cover examples on women, but marginalised communities, Muslim men and women and others. In fact there's a respectable amount of focus on Islamophobia and the discrepancy in media reporting of crimes committed by incels, and crimes committed by people belonging to the Muslim community. The book is on extreme communities of misogynists and repeatedly states that the vast majority of men don't hate women, without denying the fact that a large group of men who do hate women exist and are spreading that hate through online grooming, interactions, in institutions, the media and police covering up crimes, and so many other platforms e.g. YouTube on a daily basis. It's so scary that people actually believe women are subjects of hatred, especially when it comes from young people. It's given me a lot of knowledge and understanding of how these incel communities are set up, run and how they survive. The book also covers a chapter on men who hate men who hate women which I found really interesting. As expected there are a lot of examples that I've either experienced myself or know someone who has gone through the extreme examples mentioned in the book, so it gives me a sense of validation and acceptance that it's a reality that women live in this world, and that there's the awareness of it through this book and other resources similar. I have also listened to parts of the audiobook and listened to the interview at the end, which was very insightful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic