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A review by leahhateshardbacks
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I’m not going to lie; I had a truly fucking horrific time reading this. Graphic quotes of violently raping and mass murdering women, detailed fantasies of torturing and dismembering women, praise for terrorists who have committed genocide in the name of publicising a sick, misogynistic doctrine.
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Patriarchy is a disease that doesn’t discriminate… it fucks over not only the marginalised and minority groups but, ultimately, those in power too.
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It is painfully ironic that most (if not all) arguments against feminism exemplifies exactly why the world needs feminism. One page a man is saying women regularly make false rape accusations and the next page he’s saying that “raping women is a way of regaining control”. In another context, it might be laughable.
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While this was unpleasant and shocking and upsetting, I learned a lot about the underbelly of society. Those who uphold misogynistic, violent ideologies, and spout them in the forgiving shadows of the internet’s recesses. But I also learned about those who subscribe to some of these belief systems and are present in public spheres, both in the largest sense (e.g. people in the media, people able to evoke political legislation etc.) and those who are able to influence on a smaller scale, within communities and social circles.
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I really recommend this to everyone. There is shit in here that I promise you, you don’t know exists! And you need to know about it! It poses preventative measures, too, so it’s assuring to know that there is a plan of action and people doing the work. We can all do our part to deconstruct what the patriarchy and toxic masculinity has taught us, and stop violence and abuse against women.
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Patriarchy is a disease that doesn’t discriminate… it fucks over not only the marginalised and minority groups but, ultimately, those in power too.
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It is painfully ironic that most (if not all) arguments against feminism exemplifies exactly why the world needs feminism. One page a man is saying women regularly make false rape accusations and the next page he’s saying that “raping women is a way of regaining control”. In another context, it might be laughable.
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While this was unpleasant and shocking and upsetting, I learned a lot about the underbelly of society. Those who uphold misogynistic, violent ideologies, and spout them in the forgiving shadows of the internet’s recesses. But I also learned about those who subscribe to some of these belief systems and are present in public spheres, both in the largest sense (e.g. people in the media, people able to evoke political legislation etc.) and those who are able to influence on a smaller scale, within communities and social circles.
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I really recommend this to everyone. There is shit in here that I promise you, you don’t know exists! And you need to know about it! It poses preventative measures, too, so it’s assuring to know that there is a plan of action and people doing the work. We can all do our part to deconstruct what the patriarchy and toxic masculinity has taught us, and stop violence and abuse against women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder