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Summary: book is great -- a must-read for feminists and humanists
Review: tanenbaum's expose on slut-bashing was not only disturbing andinformative but powerfully written. i highly recommend it to anyoneinterested in sexual stereotyping and gender double standards.
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Summary: Brave Girl!
Review: Thank you, Leora, for taking the "slut syndrome" out of the closet! About time someone called it like it is. Well written and the interviews are real eye-openers. Sad how things really haven't changed much. Maybe a book like this will get women to quit persecuting each other and realize that the only way to confront issues like this one is through solidarity, not backstabbing and competition.As for men, well . . . the only answer is society's changing power structure. Most women find that "talking it out" with men doesn't usually work because women's viewpoints and feelings are considered trite and "over-sensitive". The only way men will change their point of view is when women can make statements like "You're fired." and "If things don't change I'll take my investments/financial support/business elsewhere." Let's see how many guys cry "Slut!" then.
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Summary: This Should Be Required Reading For Every Human!
Review: This book brought back some painful and unpretty memories. It felt good to see that I wasn't as alone as I thought. For guys, this book could help to bridge the gender gap in so many ways. I think that it could do so much helping and healing if every person had to read this book.
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Summary: Every woman or girl should read this book!
Review: This book was a gift to me for my unbridal shower. Yes, I celebrated my re-entry into single life with an unbridled un-bridal shower! I put it on my gift-list as a side thought and I am so glad it was selected! I had no idea how powerful it would be to me nor could I have imagined how healing reading it would be. Leora Tanenbaum explores the many reasons in depth that girls pick up this title and the effects it has on on the girl and her peers. Through all of the reasons, one thing remains constant, no woman deserves this title, not the virgins and not the ones who have played around. Not when men are praised for their sexual escapades. The author does not demand that everyone accept promiscuity in women if that is against their personal ethics, rather she insists that the ethics be applies equally to men as they are to women.
A fascinating point in this book is that women's sexuality is a common target when she does not fit in to social "norms" for whatever reason, reguardless of her sexual experiences or lack of. Another issue brought to light is that once labeled a slut, a woman suddenly find herself being treated as though she is subhuman and is often subjected to verbal, physical, and sexual assault while no one will attempt to stop it or punish the offenders. If you have ever been called a slut, known someone who has, lived in fear of being called a slut, or called someone else a slut, read this book! I would bet money if you bought this for the women you love, (once they get over the shock LOL) they will love you for it.
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Summary: Every woman or girl should read this book!
Review: This book was a gift to me for my unbridal shower. Yes, I celebrated my re-entry into single life with an unbridled un-bridal shower! I put it on my gift-list as a side thought and I am so glad it was selected! I had no idea how powerful it would be to me nor could I have imagined how healing reading it would be. Leora Tanenbaum explores the many reasons in depth that girls pick up this title and the effects it has on on the girl and her peers. Through all of the reasons, one thing remains constant, no woman deserves this title, not the virgins and not the ones who have played around. Not when men are praised for their sexual escapades. The author does not demand that everyone accept promiscuity in women if that is against their personal ethics, rather she insists that the ethics be applies equally to men as they are to women.
A fascinating point in this book is that women's sexuality is a common target when she does not fit in to social "norms" for whatever reason, reguardless of her sexual experiences or lack of. Another issue brought to light is that once labeled a slut, a woman suddenly find herself being treated as though she is subhuman and is often subjected to verbal, physical, and sexual assault while no one will attempt to stop it or punish the offenders. If you have ever been called a slut, known someone who has, lived in fear of being called a slut, or called someone else a slut, read this book! I would bet money if you bought this for the women you love, (once they get over the shock LOL) they will love you for it.
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Summary: A good read, but not a totally unbiased survey
Review: This book was a gift...it was really good! The stories are heart-wrenching, but at the same time inspiring. No one really gets into the story of what happens to teased kids after they grow up-the damage still remains, no matter how successful they become. I read this on a flight, and it kept me awake. I think this is a book any young person--male or female--should read. It answered a lot of my questions as to why certain double-standards exist, and I know it made me think twice before I dismiss a woman as sexually immoral.
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Summary: Fairly disappointing for such rave reviews.
Review: This was an excellent premise for a book, but it seemed like little more than an expanded version of Tannenbaum's article for "Seventeen." I expected more insight, less confession, and I came away knowing no more than when I began reading the book. I guess I was not the intended audience - but I don't quite know who was - was it a Women's Studies book, or a Teen Confessional?
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Summary: Where was this book when I was in high school??
Review: What an incredible book!! I wish I would've read it when I was a freshman in high school. I wish EVERYONE would've read it when they were freshmen in high school. Upon finishing this book I've forced everyone I know to read it - my best friend, my little sister, my mother and even my boyfriend. It should be required reading for any and all sex ed classes. I feel really, really empowered and I feel really safe and happy knowning that there are a lot of other women (and other women writers) out there who not only understand what I feel and think, but who write about things that I can learn from. Great book.
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