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wodehousing's review
4.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality
alexandryareads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and War
ivi_reads_books's review against another edition
4.0
I was unsure whether I should read the book because I usually get bored with philosiphical texts but this one held my attention
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
tina94's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Abortion
Minor: Suicide and Murder
tanya_mahadwar's review against another edition
4.5
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
5.0
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.
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence
karol99's review against another edition
3.75
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
demo's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Police brutality
Minor: Mass/school shootings and Abortion
lilyaugust's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
CWs: sexual violence, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual content, sexism, misogyny, racism, classism, domestic abuse. Moderate: violence, adult/minor relationship, transphobia/transmisia, xenophobia, police brutality, homophobia/homomisia, murder, hate crime.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Murder