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dutchdyke posted an update in the group The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 4 months ago

i’ve just finished ‘delusions of gender’ by cordelia fine. i read ‘why so slow’ by virginia valian before
i can really recommend them both, very interesting reads, well backed by substantial scientific evidence. but also rather frustrating in ways when you realize how (subtly) misogynistic society/academia still is..

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Rose replied 12 years, 4 months ago

If you’re interesting in feminism and sex, Jessica Valenti’s The Purity Myth (taking on the abstinence movement) and Ariel Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture are a good duo.
Hannah replied 12 years, 4 months ago

OMG Delusions of Gender was so good! I want to buy it for everybody now. If you haven’t read it I’d recommend Natalie Angier’s Woman: An Intimate Geography, a great science/sex/feminism read. Also Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People, by Joan Roughgarden.

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