by Jessica Valenti
I am a feminist, and damn proud of it. Lately, I decided to do some more reading about some feminist topics and I decided to start with this book because it seemed pretty short and sweet. And therein lies the problem with He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should ...
The book presents a lot of really important & basic double standards, but I can't say I read anything new.
The book presents a lot of really important & basic double standards, but I can't say I read anything new.
This book get's two stars just for existing. Because--if we're being honest--in this society it is a miracle it manages to do even that.
Rounding up because I would have liked to have more of the infromation cited.Extremely amusing, at times horrifiying, but always thoughtful ideas (most of which I agree are true) about double standards in today's (American) society.As a woman who has traveled, eaten out, and gone to movies by myself...
I love Jessica Valenti. I have read a book by her already but this one. Wow. I can't really come up with anything else to say. The advice is good, and I hadn't really thought about most of the double standards. I'm quite excited about reading Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Femin...
I liked it. There wasn't a double standard that was new to me, after all I am a woman, I live with them, but it was a different look at some things. It felt a bit rushed at times but she had a lot to fit in.
I finally finished this one! It was hard to see through the grammatical and punctual errors at times, but I can't help being picky sometimes. Other than that, I felt like she made good points. Some of these double standards were beaten to death, some were forced, and some of them seemed duplicated i...
Log in with Facebook 
