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A review by emily2348
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
2.5
picked this up because a review described it as “prudish, porn-hating, sexually reticent sapphist.” and that sounds like my kind of book, but this book was not that good. starting with the positives i agree with the core message that women re-packing male misogyny as “sexual liberation” is not and will never be feminist, the commodification and objectification of the female body even if it’s done by a women is not empowering and that this pornified culture is being rebranded and sold to young girls. however, there were so many mixed messages from the author like she said one thing and immediately contradicts it, the writing was not structured well and jumped around and her chapter on lesbians was just so unnecessary and strange??? anyway there are much better books on these topics (industrial vagina shelia jeffreys or intercourse by dworkin just off the top of my head)