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Summary: Why Don't you Re-name it, Woman: Feminist Whore?
Review: Completely asinine. I was severely disappointed and dismayed at Angier's depiction of women. It is full of contradictory and faulty evolutionary biology. Narrow minded and crass. I literally took this book outside and burned it half way through reading it.
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Summary: psuedo poetic tone gets REALLY annoying
Review: i was given this book as a graduation present. as a feminist, i was excited to read something indepth (and praising) of the female body. to put it nicely, i was highly disappointed. . . angier's psuedo poetic tone became really annoying really quickly. in fact, in order to get to the real information, i had to get past that. that is hard to do. therefore i found the book very uninformative. i understand that many people have nothing but praises for this book, but if you get annoyed with rambling and a run around approach, then you will not enjoy this book. (well, maybe you can use it as a humor book, as my friend and i did...)
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Summary: A Triumph
Review: Natalie Angier has created what must surely become a modern classic. Everything you ever wanted to know about the wonders of the female body is deliciously presented in this treasure chest of gems. WOMAN is smart, witty, unbiased, intelligent, unassuming and dignified - Angier approaches each topic with common sense and compassion. In an era where negative inforcement of body image is rife, this is one step to destroy this nonsensical destruction of our children's self-confidence. I'd recommend this book to women from 8-80. Read it with your daughter, your mother, your grandmother...in fact, share it with anyone you can!
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Summary: Woman de-mystified!
Review: This is one lusty & eminently readable illumination. I kept getting an image of Susan Sarandon with a slew Ph.Ds. in one of her delectable roles, vivaciously expounding on what makes us women. Lovely stuff! This will change the course of your history. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author lifts the veil of studied ignorance from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body. With clarity, insight & exuberance she explores the essence of what makes us women. You have got to read this one! Then give it to your friends! .........................
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Summary: Insightful and Entertaining
Review: The second-last chapter - about 60 pages - is worth the price of the book. Finally, some well-reasoned counter-arguments to the "sociobiology" of sexually promiscuous males/monogamous females, which tends to make females the underdog in the mating game. For instance, Ms. Angier contends convincingly that logistically, pursuing as many apparently-fertile females as possible would not maximize the extent to which the male passes on his genes. It may be that not all points made by Ms. Angier necessarily rest on proven fact, but what matters is that they are as valid as the equally unproven, more noxious and more traditional "sociobiology" of the sexes. The entire book is full of interesting and often surprising facts and insights.
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Summary: A wonderful, fabulous book which challenges assumptions
Review: Well, for some reason white males still seem to think that their bodies serve as sufficient examples for all of humanity. It just ain't so. As it happens, Women and People of Color are challenging the assumptions of white males who refuse to recognize that not all bodies are made alike. Fortunately, Angier, who describes herself as a "female chauvinist", has interrogated the white male indifference to Difference by advocating a renewed examiniation of what makes Women, of *ALL* races, so wonderful. Perhaps now males will start to reexamine their assumptions about Women's bodies.
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Summary: Angier gets it right about AIS
Review: A great book! Angier provides a subtle and informed insight into the experience of androgen-insensitive women (in the form of Jane Carden's story, in Chapter 2 - The Mosaic Imagination). This is in huge contrast to the complete garbage printed on the same subject by Germaine Greer in her recent book on women. Don't buy Greer's rant, buy this excellent book instead.
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Summary: woman: an intimate geography
Review: Angier's Woman is a masterpiece. Not only is it full of information but her lyrical style is entertaining and empowering. The first chapter is one of the most informative and beautifully written works that I have ever read. If any female has ever felt or is feeling less than adequate or less than her male conterpart she at least needs to read the first chapter. Chapter of the one of the book deals with the female egg and its tremendous power. Women house in their bodies the most perfect cell in the entire human anatomy. We are all strong and powerful. Bravo for Angier, this is truly inspiring. Men can also benefit from reading this book, it is not a male basher but will teach a man everything he ever wanted to know about a woman's psysique.
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Summary: A really Engaging and Friendly Book About Women.
Review: Ignore all those mean spirited books which explain women as being totally separate from the rest of humanity and buy this book. What we're all too often used to encountering about women is either written by men, who haven't really been there, or by lesbians and other outsiders with little faith and no interest in men. I wasn't intending to explore the mysteries of the opposite sex, but after reading bits and pieces of "Woman - An Intimate Geography" in a store, I was absolutely beguiled and brought it home. As a man, the appeal of this book is the gentle and respectful way Natalie Angier educates me about her world: It is a place that's both sexy and intelligent, and it offers an adventure in perspective that is frequently quite a departure from my own. Yes, it's possible to learn a lot about women by simply being in close proximity to them, but a generous amount of clearly written explanations accelerates the appreciation. Ms. Angier's book has a friendly and clear headed attitude which suggests to me that she is used to drawing others to herself and winning their respect. Over the years I've confirmed at least for myself, by taking the time to inquire, that many women who possess a special rapport among men were fortunate enough to grow up in families where they had a healthy interaction with brothers. Whether or not the author had brothers, her ability to reach both sexes is unsurpassed in this genre, and she has advanced the cause of women.
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Summary: Finally, someone offers a different look at our world
Review: From the moment I picked up this book, I could not put it down. Even when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. What a pleasure to hear arguments for "the other side" after all these years. This book gave me security knowing that the race is far from over and that it would behoove us all (men and women) to not merely "accept" any theory that is passed under our noses. There's a lot of thinking left to do in this world and I'd add this book to the stack of things to read in the quest for data and "other points of view".
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