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Didn’t Like It “This book is a feminist screed. Faludi spends a lot of time attacking George Gilder, all with ad hominem attacks rather than dealing rationally with any of his arguments, let alone refuting them with evidence. I found this an annoying read, but always worthwhile to understand how the other side...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“A Must Read, especially for those who think feminism is no longer relevant or necessary.”
Kelly D wrote this review Sunday, October 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Thoughtful, and sobering. The media often tries very hard to maintain the status quo, for better or for worse, and they are very good at it.”
Duane W wrote this review Friday, June 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Talks about how, in the author's opinion, women have not come as far in America as we think and are in fact being sabotaged in new ways by our menfolk. Not 100% convincing but she makes some good points.”
Eileen M wrote this review Wednesday, June 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Of course any misogynist will discount the importance of this book. The reason people are so venomous when it comes to Faludi is because she wrote the first book on the sexism in America that was really extensively researched and she cited her sources, unlike many of the propaganda books out there telling you that a woman's natural place is in the kitchen/ delivery room.
Mary W wrote this review Wednesday, May 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Excellent book that I avoided reading for years as just the name Faludi makes you wanna reach down and cup your crotch for protection. But I've found that to be a harsh judgement. And while she is a violent attacker of anti-feminism and the book is incredibly depressing (go fig) it is powerful and provocative. So if you need something to pull the fire out of you because you feel all pent up, maybe you should give this modern feminist classic a try.”
Heather C wrote this review Saturday, November 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The backlash begins as soon as there is any resistance from a slave to slavery, and in fact as soon as there is such a thought in the mind of the slave owners or slave drivers, which happens long before the thought occurs to the slaves even as individuals much less as a group. This phenomena, the the fear of losing sources of unpaid overworked certain labour, source of prosperity of owners, expalins the torture and atrocities against any slave groups, races, and even women, the gender that was enslaved last few centuries in some parts of the world.
Dr. J. G. wrote this review Saturday, October 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
That this was not always so - not everywhere - is clear from the fact that when money is not a few signs on a piece of paper or a computer screen, when money is not even coins so much as real wealth, in terms of what helps life really - farms and harvests, cattle and milk and transport, manpower that can work and protect, women power that can work and organise and feed and reproduce - then women are not deprived, cheated other halfs, they really are the providers of wealth and entirely necessary.
What is more wealth in this form cannnot be taken away from homestead and so the community holds together, women cannot be cheated as easily as when corporates pay men and have an unwritten unspoken agreement that the men can in fact cheat wives out of the partnership by hiding or even worse, proclaiming it all as his earning, his property. Then, when women are no longer needed except for the sexual slavery and house cleaning drudgery, is when they became replaceable slaves and had to be kept down so the physically stronger gender could continue to cheat them.
The vows of marriage even in church include "with my worldly goods I thee endow, with my body I thee worship" and it is now forgotten even by those who claim to be churchgoing believing worshippers.
The backlash began as soon as there was slavery of women, and this book recognises it when it came to level of media in all its forms - ads, films, teleserials, and other corporate inflenced parts of world of communications.”
“I am a feminist. It isn't a popular tag to give oneself now in 2008. The truth is that was never a good title to give to oneself. I became a feminist in the 1970's. I marched and picketed and worked hard for the Equal Rights Amendment. This is a good book for every young woman to read. I didn't completely agree with everything she wrote however, can you imagine what a woman's life would be like if we had never stood up and demanded to be counted? If we hadn't fought for equal pay for equal rights? To any woman who will accept the challenge, read all you can about the feminist movement and meet one feminist woman and talk to her. Give yourself the opportunity to hear both sides of the issue.”
khabira wrote this review Sunday, March 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book is a feminist screed. Faludi spends a lot of time attacking George Gilder, all with ad hominem attacks rather than dealing rationally with any of his arguments, let alone refuting them with evidence. I found this an annoying read, but always worthwhile to understand how the other side thinks. Good thing this type of radical feminism is a dying idea.”
Ron B wrote this review Sunday, February 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I was a young woman when I read this book and I remember being completely blown-away by it. It opened my eyes to so many things and really helped me relate to my world in a better way.”
libookperson wrote this review Wednesday, December 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
