Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Take Off Your Rose Colored Glasses- You've got to read this book!

The main message in this book is that men have stopped degrading women, but women are stuck being submissive due to their lack of respect for themselves and other women. Women should definitely read this book! It is such a shocker as to how we are holding ourselves back! I enjoyed this book because I could relate to it; I only disliked realizing I do many things the book says not to do. I would recommend the book Intercourse who Ariel Levy co wrote, but only to older audiences. Concisely, Levy exposes how women degrade each other, why they do it, and what behaviors need to change to be respected once more. My overall rating is 4/5 stars.

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Love it

Finally someone addresses how men are hypnotized by sex and how they use women for their insatiable appetite. It also addresses to women to Wake Up and stop letting the inferior sex take advantage of them like in "Girls Gone Wild", etc. Men are disgusting in my opinion and the world would be a much better place without all their destructive Testosterone

Wow.

I struggle to put my exhilaration into words. Ariel Levy's book was a highly stimulating read. It brought into light many topics and concerns that undoubtedly lie in the minds of many of today's women... and men. Being a young woman about to embark on the collegiate lifestyle, I found the book to be very relevant, but this book is relevant to all of today's women, regardless of where they are in their lives.

Real 'Liberating Read'

This read provides a much-deserved, refreshing b-slap in the faces of the pseudo-femninists who have gang raped the true meaning of 'women's liberation' and 'strong women' for way too long. Finally. It also provides an accurate, deep look at the raunch culture. Perhaps this book can also help some worried parents understand their daughters. At times it seems like a patchwork of different articles and incidents, but this book is worth staying up for until 4:30 in the morning. Highly recommended.

Flawed, but not worth passing up

her writing isn't the best, but her observations are what is important. levy does not have the answers, but it has helped me understand what i am actually dealing with as a 22 year old woman today. her interviews offer insight into opinions and while i found the organization a bit off, i still couldn't put it down. i implore you! read this book, and spread it around, it's the only way things will begin to change.

a big disappointment

I'm not sure why this book has gotten so many good reviews and attention. It seems like the author just wrote a few magazine articles and patched them together. There's no real work here, no real analysis, and nothing terribly new. Parts of the book are fun to read, but it's nothing you couldn't get from picking up a magazine or two.

Amazing and Revelatory Book

This was such a great book. It explians the things that have changed around us in our society so deftly. Namely our move towards emulating porn stars and the concept of a woman 'acting like a man' to get ahead. As a young woman I recommend this book extremely highly to other young women, especially. It is more than informative, but actually helpful and comforting in some way. Comforting, in that I'm not alone in feeling that some women are acting so strangely and in such contradictory and hurtful ways these days. I wish for something to come out of people reading this book. Maybe that women will stop whoring themselves and put their effort, brain power and real power into doing something amazing for the world, for ourselves, rather than just pose and posture for some man! Men: Read this book!

A little lazy...

I can see why people like this book Levy writes well and it is easy to read. Reading it is a little like listening to a smart friend rant over a topic she is passionate about. That's a strength at first, but in the end I think it points to the book's failing. There's not much content here that you couldn't get by skimming the newspapers. Levy's opinions are not so unusual or so special as to hide the underlying paucity of the book.

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Levy is an outstanding writer (I always buy New York Magazine when I see she has contributed) and this book is extremely entertaining and provocative. She manages to boil a very confusing phenomena (why--for example--would 'how to make love like a porn star' make it to the best seller list and why that isn't such a great thing for women) down to an accessible and even enjoyable read. I highly recommend this book not only for the experience of Levy's writing but it is a great book if you are interested in a provocative discussion. Levy is not and does not claim to be an expert in the 'feminist movement' but that is not the point. What she does provide is an excellent take on the trend of 'raunch culture' (even William Safire thinks so). She takes what many have been puzzling about, does some excellent reporting, and wraps it all together into a comprehensive and cohesive study. I¿m sure this was a very difficult book to write.

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Levy offers up an insightful analysis of why we shouldn't feel ashamed if we don't find wearing thong underwear or 'pole dancing' powerful. FINALLY, someone has uncovered and explained why the emperor has no clothes when it come to the phenomena of raunch culture. This book is fantastically witty and important.

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