Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Femmes invisibles by Caroline Criado Pérez

114 reviews

veeglessner's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

 Okay! First off, what an amazing effort to compile and organize the research in this book. It will make you so, so angry reading Perez' thesis: the male perspective is the default human perspective and that fact has been doing women a disservice for centuries. There are many topics in this book that I hadn't thought to consider in a feminist lens. This book could be the strongest case for why the work still s not done, and an amazing rebuke to people who believe women have equality with men since the 21st century. We are literally sacrificing quality of life, being abused and even dying due to the system that this book analyzes.

Now: Despite managing to include race and to an extent class, this book does not in any way analyze the gender binary or the experiences of trans and NB people. As another reviewer pointed out, the words "trans", "nonbinary" do not appear even once in this book. How do you write 500 pages about gender without including at least a mention of these identities? The premise of the WHOLE BOOK is that discrimination by exclusion IS discrimination.

Also, there are a couple (one in particular) VERY graphic descriptions of abuse that were not necessary.

So I have to recommend this incredible feat of a book with those huge caveats. You will learn so much and become enraged, while thinking that the author badly needed a sensitivity reader and an ironically more inclusive perspective. At 6 years old, I think this book could really use a re-release with some updated statistics and information as well as addressing those gaping "data gaps." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Misogyny

ghost_rider's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

bubblebot's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

"Women's rights are human rights. and human rights are women's rights" ~ Hillary Clinton, 1995

Women aren't men. Women can't be men. And women don't want to be men(minus trans men but that's a separate matter altogether).

i loved this book. as a rule i love feminist books. so, no surprises there. i loved it so much before i finished listening to it i went and bought a physical copy haha.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Lots of great points made, and I think it’s a book important for all genders, especially men, to read. There’s a one star review by someone named Carey who made some good critique of the book. So it’s also important to check sources and keep a balanced view. 

For my part, I was having to remind myself that there are lots of men in the world that I like and respect and who have had nothing to do with architecting any of these issues, even if some are guilty of perpetuating them unconsciously. Having grown up in a double patriarchy (Korean family in the US), I too am guilty of this and could’ve benefited from asking more questions.

This was highly relevant to me, for example, as a pianist. I had to give up at a certain point because my hand span was too small. Rather than asking why the pianos couldn’t be made smaller, I assumed the problem was me. Or every time I put on my seatbelt, I have to use an adjuster because the seats and belts are too big for my body. (I really think there’s a huge untapped market for car manufacturers of they’d design and sell cars just for women’s body!!!!, like in the billions!!!!). 

What’s frustrating about books like this - nothing gets done, even though we know better. 😢 Plus, women generally outlive men and in poorer health for all the reasons outlined and more. So we’re also having to live longer in these awful conditions. The unfairness never seems to end…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

minkimonki's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Rape

nel0nen's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and War

irishapothecary's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

caitlin_sf's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Medical content

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

3.5

A bit gender essentialist and white feminist for me, but the actual information is interesting and inarguably worth knowing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

natalie_ann's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read. I love books that really challenge me to think and change the way I see the world, and this book did both beautifully. I love how much this book tells a story but also pulls data from around the world. Caroline Criado Perez has my utmost respect.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment