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Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

73 reviews

that_grey_chick's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Murder

pianokeys's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

sloanadrouny's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Stalking

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

cvacz's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Perhaps not the best choice as an audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

raila_h's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder

orvillefartenbacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

 The fact that this book needs to exist is disturbing and revolting. This one hit a lot of boxes for me lately. I've been increasingly concerned about raising boys in a world where the Manosphere is becoming more and more mainstream. At the same time I've been devouring articles and books on sociology, feminism, and new media (bonus where all three intersect). This book is graphic at times and holds nothing back. Bates does an excellent job of exploring horrifying content without leaving the reader feeling utterly bleak. I'd recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is an incredibly informative and important book that i recommend everyone reads. Bates offers an accessible and gripping look into the world of misogyny and sexism, especially in online spaces, that shows all the ways in which the world still often times turns a blind eye or even unactively supports misogyny. 

This is a rather heavy book, with discussions around sexual assault, murder and harassment, but I think it’s incredibly important to read if you feel you can handle those topics. The author uses a mixture of her own experiences, interviews with other victims, academics and activists, and her own research into the world of online misogyny to create a concise discussion about sexism and what the world can do to tackle it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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.