Men Explain Things to Me is a collection of essays focusing on feminism and the need for it. And no, this is not one of those feminist books that delves into the border of misandry. I wasn't aware of this but apparently the first essay (i.e. the first chapter of the book) was originally published as a blog post which went viral which then encouraged the author to write this book.
From the title of the book, you'd think that this book would be mainly about incidents of mansplaining. However, the author only brings that up in the first chapter of the book. The rest of the book focuses on sexism, incidents of rape, increasing sexual assault against women, domestic violence and the effects of patriarchy. It is apparent that the author has put in a lot of research as she uses data, statistics and current events to emphasise her point. And because of that, one cannot deny that while much has been accomplished, the struggle does not end here and there's still a long way to go - a point specially emphasised in her chapter "The Longest War". She also dedicates a chapter on how people in a position of power exploit others emphasising her point by bringing up the incident of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The book does lose its flow in between and that's the only criticism that I have of this book.
Overall, as someone who is trying to understand feminism and the need for it in the modern day, this book was insightful and informative and it put forth a strong conviction.
From the title of the book, you'd think that this book would be mainly about incidents of mansplaining. However, the author only brings that up in the first chapter of the book. The rest of the book focuses on sexism, incidents of rape, increasing sexual assault against women, domestic violence and the effects of patriarchy. It is apparent that the author has put in a lot of research as she uses data, statistics and current events to emphasise her point. And because of that, one cannot deny that while much has been accomplished, the struggle does not end here and there's still a long way to go - a point specially emphasised in her chapter "The Longest War". She also dedicates a chapter on how people in a position of power exploit others emphasising her point by bringing up the incident of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The book does lose its flow in between and that's the only criticism that I have of this book.
Overall, as someone who is trying to understand feminism and the need for it in the modern day, this book was insightful and informative and it put forth a strong conviction.
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