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The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

35 reviews

tanya_mahadwar's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Definitely a book that everyone should be reading. A bit dense and hard to read (in part due to the weight of the subject) at times, but jam packed with thought provoking questions that will genuinely make you ponder the state of “Post Me-Too” feminism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

dominic_t's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't agree with everything the author said, but I found it all incredibly thought-provoking. She did a great job of supporting her arguments, and her tone was very engaging. 

The title is deliberately inflammatory, but it really does suit the collection of essays. The author really interrogates the liberal ideas of sexual freedom that are prevalent in mainstream western feminism. She argues that our sexual desires and behaviors do have political implications, and that statement makes a lot of people very uncomfortable. But I think we owe it to ourselves to push through that discomfort and listen to what she's saying. She's not saying that your desires have to be "politically correct" or that you should sleep with people you don't want to sleep with. She's saying that marginalized people are also marginalized when seeking sexual relationships, and we need to engage with that fact instead of ignoring it. "The question, then, is how to dwell in the ambivalent place where we acknowledge that no one is obligated to desire anyone else, and that no one has a right to be desired, but also that who is desired and who isn't is a political question, a question often answered by more general patterns of domination and exclusion" (p. 90). I love that she invites us to engage with that question without giving a straightforward, easy answer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

lunadgn's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

nickytheparttimebelgian's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

ellenbridge_'s review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Amazingly insightful book I love the way she talks and analyses things
Chapter on porn I found the most interesting and informative
Love the new or new to me take on sex and how it works in every layer of our society 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

karol99's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

Took me way to long to finish it. I enjoyed the first half of the book, but then found myself starting and finishing as I never gravitated to finish this. Happy I did though! It was a very informative and interesting read. Definitely wish I has read it back when I was writing my dissertation, it would be really good as a reference!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Deportation

epellicci's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

The Right to Sex is incredibly thoughtfully written. Encouraging of it's readers to really sit with the content and reflect, I felt I would have made the perfect buddy read as there was so much to unpack within each essay. I adored the way that Srinivasan was so rarely definitive - encouraging broad thinking, and sitting with new idea's regardless of your initial impressions. The book is a perfect exploration of perspective and a timely reminder to look outside of your echo chamber.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

frankie_s's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Super interesting, loads of Good points and takes I hadn' thought of yet. Didn't necessarily agree with everything 100% but still really respect the opinions and arguments put forward here. Really impressed with the level of nuance and intersectionality, all while maintaining to take a firm stand even on controversial viewpoints. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of an abolitionist debate and shining a light on internalised misogyny under the guise of sexual liberation or empowerment. Radical!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

chiaralzr's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This book was great. Amia Srinivasan made excellent arguments on a variety of complex topics regarding women's liberation. Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism