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Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

Start date: June 22, 2015

Finish date: May 22, 2015

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May 26, 2015 Denise Cormaney rated it really liked it

Whoa. This book is sobering. The first essay is a funny anecdote of a man at a cocktail party trying to explain something to the author that she wrote a book about. Even when he learned she wrote the book he was referencing, he couldn't stop explaining things to her.

After that the essays get way more serious. I found the statistics she cites as shocking. Here are a few:

-A woman is beaten every 9 seconds.
-Women worldwide ages 15 - 44 are more likely to die or be maimed because of male violence ...more

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Aug 18, 2019 Christina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: feminist, tbr-for-2019

This collection of essays far exceeded my expectations. It is about more then men explaining things, though that “Men Explain Things to Me” essay that opens the book is well placed to open the conversation on the various aspects of a culture that has always been harmful to women. There is a great deal of emphasis on violence against women and a careful analysis of the aspects of culture that foster this environment. I love Solnit’s wit, humor, and absolute unwillingness to not hold back.

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Apr 18, 2017 Jen Hubbard rated it liked it · review of another edition

I'm torn, because the information is necessary and opened my eyes, but I was taken aback by the scathing tone throughout. I enjoyed some essays better than others, in particular the one on Virginia Woolf. ...more

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