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What Would de Beauvoir Do?
Ever thought about what Tinder advice Naomi Wolf would give you?
Ever wondered what Andrea Dworkin would think about your Brazilian wax?
Or what Mary Wollstonecraft would think about the 'fairy-tale' weddings you're always invited to?
Using 40 everyday questions and problems as springboards for exploring the theories and concepts of the greatest feminist theorists of all time, from the pioneering writer of The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir to modern-day icons such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie What Would de Beauvoir Do? tackles all the important issues in your life through a feminist lens.
From Audre Lorde to Roxane Gay, Virginia Woolf to Caitlin Moran, let the most influential feminists in history answer all your everyday questions, and in doing so shed light on even the most complex feminist theories.
Ever wondered what Andrea Dworkin would think about your Brazilian wax?
Or what Mary Wollstonecraft would think about the 'fairy-tale' weddings you're always invited to?
Using 40 everyday questions and problems as springboards for exploring the theories and concepts of the greatest feminist theorists of all time, from the pioneering writer of The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir to modern-day icons such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie What Would de Beauvoir Do? tackles all the important issues in your life through a feminist lens.
From Audre Lorde to Roxane Gay, Virginia Woolf to Caitlin Moran, let the most influential feminists in history answer all your everyday questions, and in doing so shed light on even the most complex feminist theories.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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October 16, 2023
This is a funny interesting because it touches lots of feminsts concepts in a very playful, easygoing, and easy to read way. The informations are not heavy dump on you and there are lots of important discutions had in this one, but i felt in the rabbit hole of not finding any more challengings feminist books again. This is a very good book for any beginner and a must read for young adults and people that don't understand feminism at all.
You have a friend who thinks feminism is just about some rights that we already got since 1950 or something to that misunderstood perception? This is a great book to give them to read because it takes the reader thought many importnant and misunderstood subjects. People so often think feminism is just about this or that and don't realise the full spectrum of subjects and changes the feminists want in fact.
You have a friend who thinks feminism is just about some rights that we already got since 1950 or something to that misunderstood perception? This is a great book to give them to read because it takes the reader thought many importnant and misunderstood subjects. People so often think feminism is just about this or that and don't realise the full spectrum of subjects and changes the feminists want in fact.
June 29, 2020
A very interesting book that present you to many thoughts and ideas that carry modern feminism. The topics and questions the book uses are very shallowed described, but I did not expect anything else.
Sadly the constant use of paranteses for both years and long additional descriptions ruined the reading flow for me and disturbed the rythm of the book. Very focues on western feminism even if the authors tried to present some not from the western european school. I would like to see a sequel where feminists from asia and africa are the main and where De Beauvoir is the paranteses.
Nice read overall.
Sadly the constant use of paranteses for both years and long additional descriptions ruined the reading flow for me and disturbed the rythm of the book. Very focues on western feminism even if the authors tried to present some not from the western european school. I would like to see a sequel where feminists from asia and africa are the main and where De Beauvoir is the paranteses.
Nice read overall.
December 10, 2019
Un buen libro para adentrarse en el feminismo y plantearte muchas dudas y solucionar muchas otras.
Tiene un montón de citas de autoras y activistas y una amplia bibliografía muy útil para animarse a leer a muchas de las mujeres que aparecen citadas en este libro. Psicologas, filólogas, sociólogas, poetas, artistas...
En resumen, me ha gustado mucho. Cumple lo que promete
Tiene un montón de citas de autoras y activistas y una amplia bibliografía muy útil para animarse a leer a muchas de las mujeres que aparecen citadas en este libro. Psicologas, filólogas, sociólogas, poetas, artistas...
En resumen, me ha gustado mucho. Cumple lo que promete
January 6, 2025
Lättläst och underhållande med bilder. Boken tar verkligen sikte på vardagliga och praktiska problem utifrån (främst) västerländska feministers teorier och ideologier. Det var givande att läsa om sådant som en själv funderar på var och varannan dag. Notera att boken främst tar sikte på västerländska feminister, varför problem som upplevs av kvinnor i andra delar av världen inte berörs särskilt djupgående.
September 27, 2022
A.K.A. Historia del feminismo para dummies!
Podría verse como un libro de contexto general, pero a mi me pareció que algunos temas se desarrollan casi exclusivamente sobre los peores escenarios, de los que siempre me parece mejor estar bien enterada, pero me faltó análisis de los demás escenarios posibles. Sorry not sorry . Eso sí, la dateada que me pegué con este libro es épica 10/10 :)
Podría verse como un libro de contexto general, pero a mi me pareció que algunos temas se desarrollan casi exclusivamente sobre los peores escenarios, de los que siempre me parece mejor estar bien enterada, pero me faltó análisis de los demás escenarios posibles. Sorry not sorry . Eso sí, la dateada que me pegué con este libro es épica 10/10 :)
August 16, 2021
A great idea that raises some good questions (an extra star for this), but not entirely well-executed. It introduced me to some historical figures in the feminist movement and facts that I didn't know, though it was not always easy to read. My main criticism is that it can veer on reinforcing simplistic and reinforcing stereotypes (e.g. in the chapter about men being feminists, the summary of "But he doesn't have to quit playing football and swap beer for Prosecco" is surely exactly what this book is trying to quell?) and doesn't adequately address intersectionality throughout the book, keeping it as a section within a chapter. Plus, the book doesn't hesitate to use certain feminists' theories/words to support arguments without disclosure that they are TERFs and have transphobic beliefs, which I don't agree with.
July 9, 2020
En mycket intressant, välskriven och engagerande bok för nybörjare i vissa feministiska frågor. Problemet för mig var att boken uppenbarligen var avsedd bara för unga heterosexuella kvinnor. Det ger ett fel intryck att hbtq frågor inte gäller feminismen.
January 28, 2022
I bought this book because the title made me laugh out loud. I enjoyed being reaquainted with a range of feminist theory I hadn't thought about or read for many years, and introduced to some thinkers I didn't know about it. An easy read with clear articulation of key issues facing women today.
July 7, 2020
A really good book! Learned a lot from it and it made me see some things from a new perspective. I highly recommend it.
December 31, 2018
This is an interesting read. It applies some of the earliest (and more recent) feminist theories to present-day questions. If you're already familiar with feminist theory and like to brush-up on key players or seminal works, pick up this book. It has a great bibliography. It also calls upon some fascinating studies, court cases, and news articles. However, I have some issues with this title, especially if it's going to readers who are wholly unfamiliar with feminist theory. The authors' version of feminism seems incredibly strict. For example, on sections on homemaking, shaving, and pornography, the authors present arguments completely against these activities, no wiggle room. While this is a completely valid viewpoint, it is not the only one. I would say, if you want to be a homemaker - do it! If you want to be a fetish performer - go for it! And if you don't want to do those things then do something else. Also, the authors mention intersectionality on a few occasions, but they don't really present intersectional arguments or viewpoints. Finally, they mention that men can be feminists too, but the voice in this book is very much geared toward women, almost as though they are using this work to convince women to be feminists without considering that maybe they need to convince men too, or maybe that the reader is already feminist. With that said, don't avoid this title. It's pretty good. But think critically as you read.
April 30, 2023
Interesting and good information read about being a feminist - and the shoulders we stand on. It's written in a Q&A form - so easy to digest.
July 9, 2023
Was quite vague and generalized in many aspects but overall an informational read.
November 18, 2021
Định cố gồng đọc nốt mà thôi quyết định dừng lại. Chả hiểu do đa số sách đọc gần đây phần nhiều là non-fiction nên mình nhanh chán hay gì nhưng quả thật là cách dẫn dắt câu chuyện thiếu hứng thú quá. Cảm giác y như ngồi một lớp học lịch sử với rất nhiều thông tin bổ vào nhưng cách truyền tải của giáo viên thì chán ngắt. Thêm nữa là bản dịch cũng nhiều lúc cồng kềnh và không thoát ý nên nản càng nản.
Review này thuần về trải nghiệm đọc thôi chứ mình không bàn đến các quan điểm trong sách nhé, vì đối với mình thì quan điểm của các nhà hoạt động xã hội nói chung phục vụ mục đích tham khảo và từ đấy tiếp nhận các góc nhìn rồi có cho mình phản biện, suy nghĩ của bản thân thôi.
Review này thuần về trải nghiệm đọc thôi chứ mình không bàn đến các quan điểm trong sách nhé, vì đối với mình thì quan điểm của các nhà hoạt động xã hội nói chung phục vụ mục đích tham khảo và từ đấy tiếp nhận các góc nhìn rồi có cho mình phản biện, suy nghĩ của bản thân thôi.
April 8, 2020
My dad gave this to me on ... international women's day! Coincidentally, he'd found it the weekend prior on a trip to Melbourne with mum. And him and I are Francophiles. It was a greta book for someone who knew 'sort of' about feminism, but as an engineering student, learnt NOTHING!
September 17, 2021
Un gran esfuerzo por intercalar referencias cruciales y diversas de los feminismos ligándolas a problemas e inquietudes por los que atravesamos muchas mujeres.
May 27, 2022
有点像文献综述，讲了女性主义的发展史和现在 几个课题，但没有特别批判，有点像报告
January 12, 2025
there were parts of this book that were interesting but on the whole felt very repetitive and simple!
November 8, 2024
I have moral problems with this book.
For one thing, it is not philosophy, despite being framed as such. Philosophy provides systems of thinking, in historical relationships with one another, in which received knowledge is challenged.
Think of Nietzsche, who wrote 'the man of knowledge must be able to not only love his enemies but also to hate his friends'.
Authors Tabi Jackson Gee and Freya Rose would focus on his choice of the term 'man', and thus disqualify him, despite his historical context and the realities of his era. He is not engaged with, he is disqualified FOR his philosophizing.
This book is activism, not philosophy.
Activist is a valid role too. It is, however, different. Gee and Rose are happy to pretend they are philosophizing when they summon other philosophers, in short anecdotes and quotes, to support their activist cause.
But citing injustices towards woman from different historical eras, different countries and cultures, as if they all support the same premise - women are still fundamentally oppressed in the wealthy western world of our readers - is to simply ignore the material differences in lived experience.
I also object, morally, to the dishonest framing of the physical book itself. This is nicely modern in format, with appealing graphics and 'key considerations' appearing to frame different sections. But one only need read a few 'key considerations' to realize that they are not the open-ended questions they appear to be.
To whit:
-'If women don't vote, and men hold all the political power, whose interests will the laws serve?'
(p. 23)
-'can a wealth white person understand the lived experience of a poor - or wealthy - woman of colour?' (p. 34)
-'what reason might men have for blaming "feminism" as the problem?' (p. 38)
-'am I a bad feminist for letting a man pay for a date?' (p. 43)
So, in my previous life, I was a high school teacher. I would, at times, encounter this sort of question in textbooks and such. I immediately rejected them as 'leading'. Not questions at all. The answer, of course, is implied. Young people smell BS here.
So, again, Gee and Rose are arguing in bad faith. Pretending towards Socratic dialogue. But note that last question, the first in chapter 2, 'Dating and Relationships'.
Now, the subject of scorn for the authors is women who disagree with them.
Jer, that's a logical leap! Slow down, misogynist!
Well, check the 'analysis' of thought at the end of the page with the above question.
"In its crudest terms, if a man pays for all your dates and you, in turn, repay him by having sex with him, this sets up the foundations for a transactional relationship. The man is buying you. This, feminists would argue, is problematic, particularly when set against the backdrop of sex work and how the economics of that operate". (p. 43)
As I review the books I read, I'm starting to consider form and voice, in ways I didn't when I started this project.
So, stylistically, I am writing a 'close reading', rather than the 60 other 'book reviews' I have under my GR belt. I don't need further examples, as it goes on like this for another 100+ pages. This is the best example, right here. More value to be gained from reading this in depth.
Note the number of false premises in the short paragraph I cite.
-it is a form of 'payment' to have sex with someone after they pay for a number of dates
-transactional relationships are inherently flawed
-a transactional relationship with a man and a woman means the woman is being 'bought'
-the readers of this book are women
-'feminists would argue' ... $#%@ ... my mind seethes and rages at this statement, the dismissal of not just men, but the legion of women, and feminists, who would do no such thing
-'particularly when set against the backdrop of sex work'
Packing this amount of BS into fewer than 100 words is hard to d0.
If that gives you the idea that this is wall to wall BS, than we agree.
The Illustrations are just as patronizing and leading as the 'key considerations'. One has two panels, first a man covers a puddle for a lady with his jacket, second he pushes her into the puddle. The caption reads 'some forms of sexism are more insidious than others'. (p. 30)
Overstatements abound. Motherhood 'holds women back' (p. 92) Femininity is 'entirely constructed by men' (p. 163). 'While women demand freedom, the beauty myth will continue to tighten around them. And you will always feel fat, no matter what you weigh' (p. 166).
Curiously, Richard Reeves and Christina Hoff Sommers, men's rights activists, are quoted here, as if to provide evidence the book is balanced. But they are introduced with just as much brevity and lack of context as the rest of the thinkers quoted here. Sommers argument that the 'wage gap' argument ignores female agency and choice, thus overstating the case, is casually discarded.
I have read Sommers 'The War Against Boys', and she has more research and data in her first few pages than Gee and Rose muster in their entire book. Read my review if you'd like proof that 'What would Beauvoir do?' is propaganda - none or the legion of issues Sommers raised - boys lagging behind girls in myriad metrics at school most prominently - warrant a mention, despite their significance to conversations around gender equality.
I am mad at pretty much everything about this book. Personally. On behalf of men. On behalf of women. For feminists. For even if one accepts the premises of this book, this is clearly not enhancing efforts to achieve said goals.
Lastly though, I am mad on behalf of Simone de Beauvoir, whose name has been co-opted to adorn the cover.
'What would Beavoir do'?
Beauvoir would toss this faux feminism on the fire, set it alite, and give it no further thought.
For one thing, it is not philosophy, despite being framed as such. Philosophy provides systems of thinking, in historical relationships with one another, in which received knowledge is challenged.
Think of Nietzsche, who wrote 'the man of knowledge must be able to not only love his enemies but also to hate his friends'.
Authors Tabi Jackson Gee and Freya Rose would focus on his choice of the term 'man', and thus disqualify him, despite his historical context and the realities of his era. He is not engaged with, he is disqualified FOR his philosophizing.
This book is activism, not philosophy.
Activist is a valid role too. It is, however, different. Gee and Rose are happy to pretend they are philosophizing when they summon other philosophers, in short anecdotes and quotes, to support their activist cause.
But citing injustices towards woman from different historical eras, different countries and cultures, as if they all support the same premise - women are still fundamentally oppressed in the wealthy western world of our readers - is to simply ignore the material differences in lived experience.
I also object, morally, to the dishonest framing of the physical book itself. This is nicely modern in format, with appealing graphics and 'key considerations' appearing to frame different sections. But one only need read a few 'key considerations' to realize that they are not the open-ended questions they appear to be.
To whit:
-'If women don't vote, and men hold all the political power, whose interests will the laws serve?'
(p. 23)
-'can a wealth white person understand the lived experience of a poor - or wealthy - woman of colour?' (p. 34)
-'what reason might men have for blaming "feminism" as the problem?' (p. 38)
-'am I a bad feminist for letting a man pay for a date?' (p. 43)
So, in my previous life, I was a high school teacher. I would, at times, encounter this sort of question in textbooks and such. I immediately rejected them as 'leading'. Not questions at all. The answer, of course, is implied. Young people smell BS here.
So, again, Gee and Rose are arguing in bad faith. Pretending towards Socratic dialogue. But note that last question, the first in chapter 2, 'Dating and Relationships'.
Now, the subject of scorn for the authors is women who disagree with them.
Jer, that's a logical leap! Slow down, misogynist!
Well, check the 'analysis' of thought at the end of the page with the above question.
"In its crudest terms, if a man pays for all your dates and you, in turn, repay him by having sex with him, this sets up the foundations for a transactional relationship. The man is buying you. This, feminists would argue, is problematic, particularly when set against the backdrop of sex work and how the economics of that operate". (p. 43)
As I review the books I read, I'm starting to consider form and voice, in ways I didn't when I started this project.
So, stylistically, I am writing a 'close reading', rather than the 60 other 'book reviews' I have under my GR belt. I don't need further examples, as it goes on like this for another 100+ pages. This is the best example, right here. More value to be gained from reading this in depth.
Note the number of false premises in the short paragraph I cite.
-it is a form of 'payment' to have sex with someone after they pay for a number of dates
-transactional relationships are inherently flawed
-a transactional relationship with a man and a woman means the woman is being 'bought'
-the readers of this book are women
-'feminists would argue' ... $#%@ ... my mind seethes and rages at this statement, the dismissal of not just men, but the legion of women, and feminists, who would do no such thing
-'particularly when set against the backdrop of sex work'
Packing this amount of BS into fewer than 100 words is hard to d0.
If that gives you the idea that this is wall to wall BS, than we agree.
The Illustrations are just as patronizing and leading as the 'key considerations'. One has two panels, first a man covers a puddle for a lady with his jacket, second he pushes her into the puddle. The caption reads 'some forms of sexism are more insidious than others'. (p. 30)
Overstatements abound. Motherhood 'holds women back' (p. 92) Femininity is 'entirely constructed by men' (p. 163). 'While women demand freedom, the beauty myth will continue to tighten around them. And you will always feel fat, no matter what you weigh' (p. 166).
Curiously, Richard Reeves and Christina Hoff Sommers, men's rights activists, are quoted here, as if to provide evidence the book is balanced. But they are introduced with just as much brevity and lack of context as the rest of the thinkers quoted here. Sommers argument that the 'wage gap' argument ignores female agency and choice, thus overstating the case, is casually discarded.
I have read Sommers 'The War Against Boys', and she has more research and data in her first few pages than Gee and Rose muster in their entire book. Read my review if you'd like proof that 'What would Beauvoir do?' is propaganda - none or the legion of issues Sommers raised - boys lagging behind girls in myriad metrics at school most prominently - warrant a mention, despite their significance to conversations around gender equality.
I am mad at pretty much everything about this book. Personally. On behalf of men. On behalf of women. For feminists. For even if one accepts the premises of this book, this is clearly not enhancing efforts to achieve said goals.
Lastly though, I am mad on behalf of Simone de Beauvoir, whose name has been co-opted to adorn the cover.
'What would Beavoir do'?
Beauvoir would toss this faux feminism on the fire, set it alite, and give it no further thought.
May 11, 2025
Авторки книги на основании работ знаменитых феминисток задают актуальные вопросы и пытаются найти на них ответ в источниках. Вопросы разделены на несколько категорий, например, политика, отношения, семейная жизнь, работа, медиа и тело.
В числе вопросов можно встретить много неудобных, но в пример приведу лишь несколько безобидных:
🗸Можно ли сделать предложение своему парню?
🗸Почему я получаю меньше, чем он?
🗸Почему мне страшно ходить по улице одной?
(Полный список смотреть в карусели)
Текст весьма кратко и сухо дает ответы на основании доступной литературы, лично мне не хватило объема и пространства для рассуждений. Но при этом это кладезь фактов и краткой выжимки всего.
Меня зацепило два момента, давайте порассуждаем:
1️⃣Тест Бекдел - оценка художественного произведения по следующему критерию:
в произведении есть хотя бы 2 женщины, наделенные именами, которые разговаривают друг с другом о чем-то, кроме мужчин.
❓Вспомните несколько прочитанных книг, все ли они могут пройти этот тест?
Смотря на свое прочитанное, этим больше всего грешит классика.
2️⃣Шопинг как болезнь и способ реализовать себя через имманентность (согласно де Бовуар). На этом моменте я зависла надолго, так как в современном мире у женщин очень много способов себя реализовать и мы это делаем, но шопинг все равно остается формой релаксации для нас. Почему? Так велико влияние рекламы? Поиски дофамина от новизны?
❓Как думаете, почему шопинг не стал переизбытком прошлого после окончания эры домохозяек, а все еще занимает столь важное место в нашей жизни?
По мере прочтения я была скептична к этой книге, но сейчас понимаю, что это важная и достойная литература, к которой можно возвращаться не раз.
В числе вопросов можно встретить много неудобных, но в пример приведу лишь несколько безобидных:
🗸Можно ли сделать предложение своему парню?
🗸Почему я получаю меньше, чем он?
🗸Почему мне страшно ходить по улице одной?
(Полный список смотреть в карусели)
Текст весьма кратко и сухо дает ответы на основании доступной литературы, лично мне не хватило объема и пространства для рассуждений. Но при этом это кладезь фактов и краткой выжимки всего.
Меня зацепило два момента, давайте порассуждаем:
1️⃣Тест Бекдел - оценка художественного произведения по следующему критерию:
в произведении есть хотя бы 2 женщины, наделенные именами, которые разговаривают друг с другом о чем-то, кроме мужчин.
❓Вспомните несколько прочитанных книг, все ли они могут пройти этот тест?
Смотря на свое прочитанное, этим больше всего грешит классика.
2️⃣Шопинг как болезнь и способ реализовать себя через имманентность (согласно де Бовуар). На этом моменте я зависла надолго, так как в современном мире у женщин очень много способов себя реализовать и мы это делаем, но шопинг все равно остается формой релаксации для нас. Почему? Так велико влияние рекламы? Поиски дофамина от новизны?
❓Как думаете, почему шопинг не стал переизбытком прошлого после окончания эры домохозяек, а все еще занимает столь важное место в нашей жизни?
По мере прочтения я была скептична к этой книге, но сейчас понимаю, что это важная и достойная литература, к которой можно возвращаться не раз.
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May 1, 2021Läste första kapitlet och tog en paus från läsandet för att kolla på lite reviews här och insåg att författarna använt sig av transfobisk retorik som jag inte ens såg när jag läste, men märker nu. Är lite kluven om det är dåligt att jag inte vill fortsätta läsa då författarna antagligen är TERFs men känner att med mänskliga rättigheter/kvinnors rättigheter kan man inte kringgå att en grupp som ingår inte är välkommen. I en bok om fucking kvinnor. När jag läste om ett stycke som antagligen handlade om transpersoner märkte jag också ännu mer hur konstigt det var skrivet. Att feminister måste liksom unifieras trots olikheter. Som om de olikheterna inte handlar om viktiga kvinnors liv. Och med den medvetenheten känner inte jag att jag kan fortsätta läsa denna bok, trots att jag hittills hade tyckt om vissa stycken, som är synd. Jag känner bara att det finns bättre böcker om intersektionell feminism som jag inte slösar min tid på. Man kan inte påstå att man står för kvinnors rättigheter och jämställdhet och sen inte stödja transpersoner och andra HBTQ+ personer. Som cis-person utvecklar jag inte min feminism och allyship för transpersoner genom att läsa transfobiskt material. Väldigt synd att författarna valde att ta denna transfobiska profil när denna bok verkligen kunde ha blivit så bra. Var påväg att bli så bra. Så jag har inte läst ut denna trots att det tekniskt står det här!
September 23, 2021
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จากแนวคิด ทฤษฎี ของนักคิดแฟมินิสต์จากอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน
คุณจะได้เข้าสู่โลกของแฟมินิสต์ที่ไม่ได้มีแค่การเรียกร้องสิทธิเท่าเทียม
แต่ครอบคลุมไปถึงวิธีที่คุณมองตัวเอง (สำหรับผู้หญิง) และวิธีที่สังคมมอง
และ/หรือกำหนดคุณค่าของคุณ เมื่ออ่านจบแล้วคุณจะเข้าใจว่าคุณควร/ไม่ควร
ให้สถานการณ์ใดสถานการณ์หนึ่งมากำหนดความคิด วิธีทางดำเนินชีวิตของคุณ
ผู้เขียนหนังสือวางรูปเล่มให้หนังสือเล่มนี้ เหมือน Introduction to Feminism
สำหรับเด็กและผู้เริ่มต้น จึงมั่นใจได้เลยว่าคุณจะไม่งงงวยไปกับแนวคิดทฤษฎีมากมาย
แต่ผู้เขียยนจะค่อยๆ พาเราผ่านสถานการณ์อันน่ากระอักกระอ่วนที่ผู้หญิงหลายคนพบเจอ
และสอดแทรกแนวความคิดแฟมินิสต์เพื่อจะแนะแนวทางให้เราตอบโต้กับสถานการณ์นั้นๆ
เช่น ทำไมฉันถึงรู้สึกอ้วนตลอดเวลา? เราควรแชร์ค่าใช้จ่ายเวลาเดตมั้ย?
ฉันใจดีเกินไปกว่าจะเป็นเจ้านายหรือไม่? ฉันสามารถขอแฟนแต่งงานได้มั้ย?
ทุกสถานการณ์ล้วนแล้วแต่พบเจอได้จริง ผู้หญิงหลายล้านคนตั้งคำถามเหล่านี้
และในวันนี้ฉันขอแนะนำคำตอบให้สาวๆ ผ่านหนังสือเล่มนี้
ถ้าคุณเป็นผู้ชาย คุณควรอ่าน
ถ้าคุณเป็น LGBTQ คุณก็ควรอ่าน
หนังสือเล่มนี้ช่วยให้คุรเข้าใจมุมมอง/สถานการณ์ต่างๆ
จากแนวคิด ทฤษฎี ของนักคิดแฟมินิสต์จากอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน
คุณจะได้เข้าสู่โลกของแฟมินิสต์ที่ไม่ได้มีแค่การเรียกร้องสิทธิเท่าเทียม
แต่ครอบคลุมไปถึงวิธีที่คุณมองตัวเอง (สำหรับผู้หญิง) และวิธีที่สังคมมอง
และ/หรือกำหนดคุณค่าของคุณ เมื่ออ่านจบแล้วคุณจะเข้าใจว่าคุณควร/ไม่ควร
ให้สถานการณ์ใดสถานการณ์หนึ่งมากำหนดความคิด วิธีทางดำเนินชีวิตของคุณ
ผู้เขียนหนังสือวางรูปเล่มให้หนังสือเล่มนี้ เหมือน Introduction to Feminism
สำหรับเด็กและผู้เริ่มต้น จึงมั่นใจได้เลยว่าคุณจะไม่งงงวยไปกับแนวคิดทฤษฎีมากมาย
แต่ผู้เขียยนจะค่อยๆ พาเราผ่านสถานการณ์อันน่ากระอักกระอ่วนที่ผู้หญิงหลายคนพบเจอ
และสอดแทรกแนวความคิดแฟมินิสต์เพื่อจะแนะแนวทางให้เราตอบโต้กับสถานการณ์นั้นๆ
เช่น ทำไมฉันถึงรู้สึกอ้วนตลอดเวลา? เราควรแชร์ค่าใช้จ่ายเวลาเดตมั้ย?
ฉันใจดีเกินไปกว่าจะเป็นเจ้านายหรือไม่? ฉันสามารถขอแฟนแต่งงานได้มั้ย?
ทุกสถานการณ์ล้วนแล้วแต่พบเจอได้จริง ผู้หญิงหลายล้านคนตั้งคำถามเหล่านี้
และในวันนี้ฉันขอแนะนำคำตอบให้สาวๆ ผ่านหนังสือเล่มนี้
April 27, 2021
Haré un listado de lo que me gustó y no me gustó.
Pero antes, déjenme platicarles que, irónicamente este libro llego a mí, de manos de mi esposo y es que cuando fue a hacer el súper se lo encontró y me lo compró, pensó que me gustaría. Yo también pensé que me gustaría.
Lo que me gustó
- Edición muy bien cuidada, agradable a la vista.
- Incluye bibliografía, eso demuestra que las autoras se documentaron bien.
- Incluye un índice, perfecto como libro de consulta.
- Incluyen referencias a feministas famosas.
Lo que no me gustó
- Planteamientos tontos.
- Tienden a generalizar a los hombres.
- A cada momento te recuerdan tu papel de víctima para volverte feminista.
- De momento sentí que era una especie de guía de adoctrinamiento.
Pero antes, déjenme platicarles que, irónicamente este libro llego a mí, de manos de mi esposo y es que cuando fue a hacer el súper se lo encontró y me lo compró, pensó que me gustaría. Yo también pensé que me gustaría.
Lo que me gustó
- Edición muy bien cuidada, agradable a la vista.
- Incluye bibliografía, eso demuestra que las autoras se documentaron bien.
- Incluye un índice, perfecto como libro de consulta.
- Incluyen referencias a feministas famosas.
Lo que no me gustó
- Planteamientos tontos.
- Tienden a generalizar a los hombres.
- A cada momento te recuerdan tu papel de víctima para volverte feminista.
- De momento sentí que era una especie de guía de adoctrinamiento.
January 26, 2021
I found the books sobering. The fact-based writing shows achievements in the fight against gendeR inequality but also serves as a start reminder of the long way ahead.
The book bring together ideas from a wide range of past and current feminists. Authors do their best to be inclusive in both their sampling of featured feminists and understanding that the term "woman" also has variations within it.
I enjoyed to read about the works and theories of feminists of all sorts of backgrounds including those of color. The nerd in me got so many references to read more about the many aspects that collectively make up feminism.
The book bring together ideas from a wide range of past and current feminists. Authors do their best to be inclusive in both their sampling of featured feminists and understanding that the term "woman" also has variations within it.
I enjoyed to read about the works and theories of feminists of all sorts of backgrounds including those of color. The nerd in me got so many references to read more about the many aspects that collectively make up feminism.
December 27, 2021
Packed with statistics from around the world and quotes from feminists across history alongside quirky and intriguing illustrations, 'What Would de Beauvoir Do?' manages to be both informative and a light and engaging read. It explains with precision the power dynamics at play when strangers call you 'sweetheart', a male partner pays for every date, your name changes after marriage, and society dictates how the female body should look. In the process, it invites every female reader to perform the ultimate act of defiance - to step out of the cage of the social construct of 'femininity' and become their own person.
January 6, 2022
El libro que haría “Simon De Beauvoir…?” sirve como un banco de fuentes, estudios y opiniones de feministas contestando preguntas que han sido - para el movimiento.
Me encanto poder leerlo a mi paso, porque siendo mujer y abriendo poco a poco mis ojos al darme cuenta de las ideologías y acciones misóginas utilizadas en contra mía durante mi vida, me enoja profundamente. Ya que me doy cuenta de la profundidad del problema, y a la magnitud que nos afecta.
Es una lectura reflexiva para uno poder poner sus límites y más importante reconocer nuestras propias acciones misóginas y machistas aferradas a la cultura.
Me encanto poder leerlo a mi paso, porque siendo mujer y abriendo poco a poco mis ojos al darme cuenta de las ideologías y acciones misóginas utilizadas en contra mía durante mi vida, me enoja profundamente. Ya que me doy cuenta de la profundidad del problema, y a la magnitud que nos afecta.
Es una lectura reflexiva para uno poder poner sus límites y más importante reconocer nuestras propias acciones misóginas y machistas aferradas a la cultura.
March 27, 2025
曾有某女孩和一位男性朋友聊天，说女人都很害怕走夜路的时候，他显得非常吃惊，表示无法理解。于是女孩让他想象一下，他随时可能被另一个男人强奸的危险性，他终于明白了。据2016年世界卫生组织的调查，全球有35%的女性经历过身体和/或性的暴力。其实人类的另一半几乎从不在意女性的感受，某些更是天天贬低女性，因为他们惧怕女性会比他们强大。尤其是男人们还有四大神话，为他们的强奸罪辩护：第一个神话是“所有女人都想被强奸。” 第二个神话是“如果强奸确实违背了女性的意愿，那么她们就不会被强奸。”第三个神话是“她自找的”。布朗米勒说，这是“强奸犯把责任从自己身上转移到受害者身上的典型方式。”第四个神话是“如果你躲不过强奸，你不妨放松一些，享受一下。”这就是女性的生存现状。
女性主义有什么用？它讲述了女性从社会地位到约会与性关系、婚姻与家庭生活以及保有自己身体的权利等诸多现实问题。“我和丈夫都是全职职工，为什么家务活都得我来做？”“上司坚持要我穿高跟鞋上班，这合法吗？”这些都是非常具体的问题。女性主义从来不是空泛的，社会文化对女性的束缚如裹小脚一样，早就深入到各个层面。而无论男女，大家早就习惯了这些歧视。把这些现象拿出来，找到应对办法，这是女性唯一的出路。本书不会给你最佳答案，但从中你可以学习到自己的应对之道。女性“必须在恐惧中生活和行动——永远不能期望自己能实现男性的个人自由、独立和自信。”这个答案是唯一解。
女性主义有什么用？它讲述了女性从社会地位到约会与性关系、婚姻与家庭生活以及保有自己身体的权利等诸多现实问题。“我和丈夫都是全职职工，为什么家务活都得我来做？”“上司坚持要我穿高跟鞋上班，这合法吗？”这些都是非常具体的问题。女性主义从来不是空泛的，社会文化对女性的束缚如裹小脚一样，早就深入到各个层面。而无论男女，大家早就习惯了这些歧视。把这些现象拿出来，找到应对办法，这是女性唯一的出路。本书不会给你最佳答案，但从中你可以学习到自己的应对之道。女性“必须在恐惧中生活和行动——永远不能期望自己能实现男性的个人自由、独立和自信。”这个答案是唯一解。
June 8, 2023
Не могу сказать, что книга дает четкие ответы. С одной стороны это правильно. Жизнь каждой настолько своеобразная, что одного ответа и не может быть. С другой стороны книга написана очень просто (иллюстрации мне не понравились…) и правда легко читается, это здорово.
Что мне понравилось в книге? Заставляет подумать (спасибо за наводящие вопросы в конце). Базируется на крупных теоритических работах феминисток (социологов, психологов и тп) - можно собрать список дальнейшего чтения по интересующему вопросу.
Что мне понравилось в книге? Заставляет подумать (спасибо за наводящие вопросы в конце). Базируется на крупных теоритических работах феминисток (социологов, психологов и тп) - можно собрать список дальнейшего чтения по интересующему вопросу.
July 3, 2023
Si quieren empezar con libros feministas, lo recomiendo sin duda.
La historia del feminismo desmanusada con palitos, contando desde la revolución, la evolución de los derechos y la explicación de cada tipo de machismo existente
No le doy 5 estrellas porque hay sucesos que siento que pudieron darles más detalle por la relevancia que marcaron, como las sufragistas. Pero en general, es un muy buen libro.
La historia del feminismo desmanusada con palitos, contando desde la revolución, la evolución de los derechos y la explicación de cada tipo de machismo existente
No le doy 5 estrellas porque hay sucesos que siento que pudieron darles más detalle por la relevancia que marcaron, como las sufragistas. Pero en general, es un muy buen libro.
July 1, 2021
Es contraproducente a su objetivo de divulgar ideas feministas en aras de persuadir mediante la razón. El último capítulo sobre la inseguridad de las mujeres por salir a la calle a causa de la posibilidad de una violación es un fragmento interesante y clarificador en muchos sentidos, pero el resto del libro se queda corto en argumentación y revictimiza a la mujer dentro de la lucha feminista.
May 27, 2023
A nice summary of the ideas of feminism and historical facts. Useful bibliographical references. However some sections may be too basic and thus I do not recommend it to people with further knowledge on the topic. It's perfect, though, for someone who wants to get to know feminism better and/or understand the problems of our society.
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