Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the 'pornification' of other women, and themselves. This is a world where simulating sex for baying crowds of men on shows like Girls Gone Wild and going to lapdancing clubs - as patrons - is seen as a short cut to cool. Ariel Levy says the joke's on the women if they think this is progress. She tears apart the myth of this new brand of 'empowered woman' and refuses a culture-wide obligation for women to act and look like porn stars. This terrifically witty and wickedly intelligent book makes the case that the rise of raunch does not represent how far women have come - it proves only how far women have left to go.
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'Female Chauvinist Pigs could not have been an easy book to write… Still, Ariel Levy pulls it off' -- Natasha Walter, The Guardian
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Late on a balmy Friday night in March 2004, a crew from Girls Gone Wild sat on the porch of the Chestfield Hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami, preparing for the night of filming ahead of them. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Klara
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Great book, which deconstructs what is actually happening with our culture. The pornification of women and the passive aggressive debate, which basically prevents women from speaking out about feminist issues.
I would say even women, who do not consider themselves 'feminists' should read it. It truly is a book about our society now, very relevant if you perhaps have a daughter, or just are interested in current issues.
Book I would recommend even more, which reads better than Agatha Christie is LIVING DOLLS by Natasha Walters. That truly is a must read...
I would say even women, who do not consider themselves 'feminists' should read it. It truly is a book about our society now, very relevant if you perhaps have a daughter, or just are interested in current issues.
Book I would recommend even more, which reads better than Agatha Christie is LIVING DOLLS by Natasha Walters. That truly is a must read...
67 of 72 people found the following review helpful
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Does it concern you that vacuous it-girls are held up as role models for young women? If the answer is yes, then this is the book for you.
Levy, like a lot of women, seems perplexed by the way that intelligent straight women are going to pole dancing clubs for kicks and that women who essentially feign desire for a living are used as a symbol of female sexual liberation.
The book primarily explores American culture, but don't be put off by this, many of the points she makes are relevant to all women. There are chapters about 'Sex in the City', CAKE parties, the lesbian phenomenon 'bois' (the 'bois' interviewed seem particualrly scathing about other women), Playboy and teaching abstinence to American school kids. There is also a handy and very readable chapter about the feminist movement in New York over the past 40 years.
Levy's arguments always seem balanced and reasonable (although she gets her point across), so don't expect a 200 page feminist rant.
The book does contain a high sexual content so might be one to avoid if you are easily offended.
Provocative, challenging, accessible. I'm so gald that someone has had the courage to write this book. Highly recommended.
Levy, like a lot of women, seems perplexed by the way that intelligent straight women are going to pole dancing clubs for kicks and that women who essentially feign desire for a living are used as a symbol of female sexual liberation.
The book primarily explores American culture, but don't be put off by this, many of the points she makes are relevant to all women. There are chapters about 'Sex in the City', CAKE parties, the lesbian phenomenon 'bois' (the 'bois' interviewed seem particualrly scathing about other women), Playboy and teaching abstinence to American school kids. There is also a handy and very readable chapter about the feminist movement in New York over the past 40 years.
Levy's arguments always seem balanced and reasonable (although she gets her point across), so don't expect a 200 page feminist rant.
The book does contain a high sexual content so might be one to avoid if you are easily offended.
Provocative, challenging, accessible. I'm so gald that someone has had the courage to write this book. Highly recommended.
50 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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I want to send a letter of thanks to Ms Levy for finally giving some academic weight to a subject I have long ranted about. Now I can tell people to go read this when I get tired of trying to explain why nine year old girls in playboy t-shirts freaks me out.
It is such a shame that girls of my generation and younger (I'm 23) are being taught that sexy comes in a one-size-fits-all (blonde hair, big tits, short skirts, willingness to bend over or make out with your girl friend for attention). The media has well and truly hit on the lowest common denominator here and is running with it.
Several of my male friends have flipped through this and agree that blow up doll girls are not sexy if you've got half a brain and neither, might I add, are the sorts of guy who go for them.
I think there is a bit too much focus on lesbian culture in the book, though I understand how it adds to Levy's argument.
The most important statement for me was the idea that as long as women believe they need to 'have balls' and 'be like men' to succeed in our culture, then being a woman is still not seen as good enough. Too true and also completely wrong...
It is such a shame that girls of my generation and younger (I'm 23) are being taught that sexy comes in a one-size-fits-all (blonde hair, big tits, short skirts, willingness to bend over or make out with your girl friend for attention). The media has well and truly hit on the lowest common denominator here and is running with it.
Several of my male friends have flipped through this and agree that blow up doll girls are not sexy if you've got half a brain and neither, might I add, are the sorts of guy who go for them.
I think there is a bit too much focus on lesbian culture in the book, though I understand how it adds to Levy's argument.
The most important statement for me was the idea that as long as women believe they need to 'have balls' and 'be like men' to succeed in our culture, then being a woman is still not seen as good enough. Too true and also completely wrong...
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I would really recommend this book to anyone interested in feminist topics, or any student that is studying media studies, literature, gender studies, politics etc. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rachael
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Some excellent points but lacking in places
In Female Chauvinist Pigs, Ariel Levy discusses the growing trend of young women's appropriation of stereotypically masculine behaviour. Read more
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Published 6 months ago by Eileen Furze
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The Raunch Culture - yet another of 2nd Wave Feminism's sorry side...
I remember when I was younger, the chief complaint by many feminist-minded women was that women were forced to wear less and less clothing by those darn perverted men. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Michael
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Compulsory reading
This is an easy to read book which ought to be compulsory reading for all girls aged over fourteen. Though much of the content relates to American culture, it is equally relevant... Read more
Published 15 months ago by SarahCrooks
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One of the best books I have read
Everyone should read this book, Levy articulates the problem with women imitating the worst male behaviour better than I could. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2010 by iknowmyusernamesucks
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A piece of genius
The brevity of this book does not diminish it's impact. It's fantastically funny but brings HUGE relief to me to read that there ARE women out there who see this "pornification" of... Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2010 by Ayesha
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I have thought for a long time that the way young girls are encouraged to conform to a standard of beauty and behaviour which is only a short distance from that of a female star of... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by Damaskcat
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Not much substance
I am not sure this author did a whole lot of research when undertaking the task of writing this book. Read more
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