Elisabeth’s Reviews > The Clan of the Cave Bear > Status Update

Now rape. This isn't cathartic for me the way the sexist society of Gilead is in Handmaid's Tale. It feels reinforcing of patriarchy and victimizing. It's also extreme and gratuitous. I also doubt it's accuracy given other things I've read. I almost want to give up now.

Painful. The sexism doesn't work for me. I keep waiting for her to transcend her gender boundaries and change sexual politics forever within her clan and then there's another horrible setback to put her in her place.