Speak out!: Die Kraft weiblicher Wut (suhrkamp taschenbuch)

by Soraya Chemaly

Frauen haben in unserer Gesellschaft allen Grund, wütend zu sein – Sexismus, Diskriminierung, Misogynie –, aber zornige Frauen gelten als hysterisch, und so schweigen sie. Bis jetzt. Die US-amerikanische Aktivistin Soraya Chemaly zeigt in ihrem aufrüttelnden Buch, welche befreiende Kraft in weiblicher Wut steckt.

Gleichbehandlung ist bis heute Mädchen sollen artig sein, Jungen durchsetzungsfähig. Frauen werden im Berufsalltag doppelt so oft unterbrochen wie ihre Kollegen. Bei gleichen Symptomen bekommen Männer Schmerzmittel – und Frauen Beruhigungsmittel. Anhand von Fakten und persönlichen Erlebnissen veranschaulicht Chemaly, wie die Erfahrung von Sexismus sich in Psyche und Körper von Frauen einschreibt und zu einer tiefsitzenden Wut wird. In Speak out! plädiert Chemaly für eine radikale Neubewertung weiblicher Richtig eingesetzt, kann sie zu einer mächtigen Waffe gegen persönliche und politische Unterdrückung werden und uns helfen, die Welt zu verändern.

Genres: Feminism

421 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 18, 2020

About the author

Soraya Chemaly is a writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in politics, religion, education, tech, and media. A 2016 Mirror Award Winner, her work appears in a wide range of publications including TIME, The Guardian, The Nation, Huffington Post, Verge, Quartz, The Atlantic and The New Statesman. Chemaly is also involved with multiple anti-violence and media equity organizations dedicated to expanding women’s freedom of expression and public parity. She has been named by Elle Magazine, The Telegraph, and Fast Company as among the most inspiring women to follow in social media and the co-winner of a 2017 Newhouse Mirror Award for Best Single Story. You can find her on Instagram @sorayachemaly and @ragebecomesher as well as Substack where she writes Unmanned.

Reviews

[Jutta Swietlinski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Initially, I had planned to read a horror book for Halloween, and I realized very soon that I was reading a horror book indeed. It’s just that it was way too much horror for my taste …
This book gives a very detailed overview (with statistically and critically evaluated sources) of the reasons why women and members of other marginalized groups are angry. And there are many of them! But, spoiler alert, all of the reasons have to do with the society we live in, that is, the patriarchal structures that we are subject to.
Men hold a dominant position over women and most of them have no interest in changing this situation that enables men to decide what will happen to women and girls. Male members of our society can easily ignore, dismiss, mock, wrong, oppress, intimidate, bully, hurt, rape, torture, maim and even kill the female members. With severe consequences for people everywhere. No wonder that women are furious!
The author does not only show why, but she also points out how they deal with their rage, completed with many examples from her own experience. I had already called myself a feminist before, but this book helped me learn a lot of new things – very distressing, shocking and infuriating information, a lot of it about (often intersectional) discrimination.
The good thing is that Soraya Chemaly also shows us ways to deal with our rage in a constructive way.
I noticed that a few things are lacking in the book, but nevertheless, it's an impressive, powerful feminist manifesto, which had the power to enrage me deeply.
4.5 stars.

[Yve_a · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCELLENT READ. NEW INSIGHTS FOR ME. LOTS OF FACTS BASED ON STATISTICS AND WHAT THE SITUATION IS LIKE IN THE USA. MIND OPENING!