Disgust Against Women (Revised Version)

by Chizuko Ueno

女性主义者就是意识到厌女症而决意与之斗争的人。 翻开《厌女》的五个阶段： 好奇。人人都在说厌女,到底什么是厌女？ 认同。"厌女,在男人身上表现为女性蔑视,在女人身上则表现为自我厌恶。"（请翻到第2页） 反思。深入理解厌女的机制,借以反思自身的亲密关系。原来,"女人的厌女症从母亲处学来"。（请翻到第124页） 自觉。对厌女症越来越敏锐。"我不是一般女人嘛"也是一种有伪装的厌女。（请翻到第202页） 虽然愤怒,但也更爱自己,更爱女性与女性的联结。借用上野老师的话："生长于这个厌女症的社会,不被厌女症浸染的女人,恐怕不存在。女性主义者就是自觉意识到自身的厌女症而决意与之斗争的人。"

317 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2023

About the author

Chizuko Ueno is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist".

Her research field includes feminist theory, family sociology, and women's history. She is best known for her contribution to gender studies in Japan. As a public intellectual, she played a central role in creating the field of gender studies in Japanese academia. At the same time, her radical tendency and strong character has invited criticism (she described herself as "critical, assertive, and disobedient").

Ueno is a trenchant critic of postwar revisionism and criticizes the whitewashing of Japanese history, which she claims attempts to justify its colonialism, wartime atrocities, and racism both before and after World War II. In particular, she has defended the compensation of Korean comfort women who were forced into prostitution by the Empire of Japan.

Reviews

[Eliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is outstanding. I wish it were available in more languages so everyone, especially men, could read it.

Chizuko Ueno makes powerful statements about misogyny in Japan. As an East Asian woman, I deeply relate to the issues described, and the book has given me much to think about. The most important takeaway for me is: "The power dynamics between men and women are not destiny, just customs." We are conditioned to believe that women should be submissive to men, which puts us at a disadvantage. We forget that this is something we can change.

Chizuko Ueno points out that misogyny isn't just about hating or belittling women. It's also about men seeking approval and validation from other men.

It's an excellent read, and I think it's an important book. I really wish it were available in more languages.

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

It introduces you to a new concept 厌女 in various forms of invisible but inhumane treatment that women face in daily life.
e.g. Metoo

Unfortunately no solution provided though, it’s promising to raise our awareness of what is not right and need to fight back as a human being.

[Xinyi]

a proper title should probably be misogyny.