Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Mies tahtoo muuttua by bell hooks

14 reviews

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Sexual violence

Minor: Violence and Classism

terranstorm's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Fantastic, important, accessible, and persuasive. Much to think about.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

tmchopra's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

roxanne_blythe's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This book really does explain men masculinity, and love. I feel like the intended audience is women, not that men don’t need to read this, but I feel like it was directed towards feminists. 

The main messaging is pretty decent. There are some points that I don’t fully agree with specially the blame that’s kind of placed on mothers for upholding the patriarchy. Not that they should be blameless, but I feel like the way that  bell hooks writes about fathers is very different from the way that she talks about mothers. 

Maybe I will need to revisit those points but for now I just feel like there’s not a lot of nuance when it comes to patriarchal mothers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Will To Change is an important introduction to the place of men in feminist and gender equity movements. hooks' sympathy for the male experience under patriarchy is critical to the fight against it, as the obvious statement that men suffer under rigid and chaffing expectations and that men need support is a radical one in some supposedly feminist spaces. Additionally, hooks' writing style is very accessible; she expounds on complex topics in plain and straightforward language, which is a breath of fresh air when it comes to reading theory. That said, not all of her ideas still resonate (as this came out in 2004) - specifically, her conceptualization of gender and sexuality is a little too binary for my tastes, but overall, it was a good read, and extremely worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, and Classism

cogowno's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

it had many good moments, where I could match it with my boyfriend's reflections and emotions connected to masculinity and patriarchy, as well as my own observations. i can see how it can help many men (as well as women) on their journey. however bell hooks missed citations and stated something research related without saying what research she had in mind. also, i didn't like how she tried to cover so many topics that she didn't manage to deeply dive into them therefore made statements based on quite a shallow research

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Violence

keijuhylly's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault

itszosia's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, War, and Classism

iris_garden's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship