A review by tyler_j
Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah J. Hardt

Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

DNF on page 72. I can't with the weird cissexism in this book anymore. Yes, my trans self is getting angry at this book and I can't deal with it anymore. I'd understand some things being uncomfortable when discussing sexual dimorphism but the author tries to make "funny" scenarios where humans act as fish do and apparently isn't able to do so without being very cissexist. Conflating sex and gender...saying things like "like us, they only have two genders" which...this came out in 2016...what's the excuse? Gender and sex aren't the same thing and even sex is a lot more complicated in us than that. There also seems to be a lot of bad stuff in this book about climate change but not really any actionable advice, which seems like an oversight. I love the ocean and marine life, but I can't do this book.