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readingelli's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
A collection of Guardian articles published under groupings. Interesting to read all together
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence
epellicci's review against another edition
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Managing to be horrifying, comforting, and funny at the same time, Misogynation compiles a collection of short essays and reports taken from the Everyday Sexism project. It's bitesized format makes it easy to read and dip in and out of while maintaining a powerful impact.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
This book made me so angry. Angry at the abuse, harassment and sexual assault women have to face on a daily basis. Angry that women are blamed for the awful things that happen to them at the hands of men. Angry at the UK government and police force for not doing more to safeguard women.
Some statistics that stuck with me when reading this:
Two women in the UK are murdered by men every week
1 in 4 women in the UK will experience domestic abuse/violence in their lifetime
90% of women who are raped by men know their rapist
This isn't meant to be an easy read. It's meant to be a book that makes you angry and makes you want to take up the fight and do more to challenge misogyny. And it's certainly done that for to me.
One thing I would have liked to see more of in this book was inclusion of trans and non-binary folks and women of colour. Their experiences are mentioned a few times so they're not excluded, I just thought there could have been more time spent on their stories.
Some statistics that stuck with me when reading this:
Two women in the UK are murdered by men every week
1 in 4 women in the UK will experience domestic abuse/violence in their lifetime
90% of women who are raped by men know their rapist
This isn't meant to be an easy read. It's meant to be a book that makes you angry and makes you want to take up the fight and do more to challenge misogyny. And it's certainly done that for to me.
One thing I would have liked to see more of in this book was inclusion of trans and non-binary folks and women of colour. Their experiences are mentioned a few times so they're not excluded, I just thought there could have been more time spent on their stories.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicide, and Violence
zahraa_aj's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.5
“No single example of sexism automatically gives rise to a specific incident of misogynistic violence, the picture is far more complex than that. But when you step back and join the dots between each of the different examples outlined in this book, it is very hard to deny that the bigger picture reveals systemic and widespread inequality”
Informative articles, and almost too frustrating to read at times because of their accurate portrayal of the unfortunate misogynistic incidents on the daily.
I think some articles could have been omitted as they contained the same statistics and stories from previous ones. It would have been better if the author were to write more essays concerning this book only and not only the two included. My favorite parts were always the ones including stories sent in from the Everyday Sexism project.
Overall, it was interesting to read, and whilst most of the articles had been disheartening, it was also great to see positive messaging and brave stories told through the pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
breezer's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Great narration. Quite repetitive, had some interesting chapters but nothing that was new to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
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