Overall, a good read, especially for those who haven't read much about feminism. Apr 27, Jane rated it it was ok. It is, then, the final irony that Ariel Levy lets not a single sequined, tube-topped interview go by without first decribing--in great detail--the young women's hair color, innocent lips, curvaceous figure, glowing skin. Levy, along with many feminists, perceives stripping as a perpetuation of the objectification of women, valuable only for its potential to serve as necessary income. To ask other readers questions about Female Chauvinist Pigs , please sign up. Her angle seems to be to comment and complain rather than influence change to the status quo, therefore FCP appears at this stage only marketable to conservative types, or at least those that keep their private parts private. Retrieved from " https: 
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Though I agree that women should be held accountable for their contributions to a system that perpetuates mysogyny just as any person of any gender should be and though I'm sure that it was Levy's intention to write a book that encourages such accountability, I don't believe that this book effectively calls women to action in this ragard.
It was also refreshing to see the chapter discussing the lesbian point of Definitely a must read for any feminist, young or old.
As is probably pretty evident, this book gave me a lot of food for thought. In fact, I think that this lvey -- when placed in the hands of the wrong person -- could prove dangerous. The premise of an in-depth exploration of this culture was very interesting to me but I don't feel like it quite delivered on it. The pihs saw the ever-growing sexualization of the media, with raunchiness emerging in the overlapping interfaces of music, TV, video, and advertising.
Sex should be intimate and personal and special!
Anyway, I think Levy sums up her book nicely: The current pecieved "expression of sexuality" is really just a manifestation of stereotypes and gender roles that have been around forever. A girl's self-worth is derived from the attention of boys, competition with other girls for a boy's attention results in dressing provocatively, flirting, the flashing of 'assets', performing oral sex on boys, intercourse and publicly documenting nudity or sexual acts and sharing them to increase one's popularity.
I think it's a parental responsibility to help educate daughters. This book's main idea is to be wary of this.
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Still, could have used some solutions instead of just pointing out where women have gone wrong. Basically, everyone should read this book.
She examines a culture in which every music video seems to feature a stripper on a pole, the memoirs of porn stars are climbing the bestseller lists, Olympic athletes parade their Brazilian bikini waxes in the pages of Playboy, and thongs are marketed to prepubescent girls. The w I'm a little undecided with this book.
I mean, I don't know a whole lot about American lesbian dating culture in the mid 00s but the women Levy talked to did not seem entirely representative of the whole - they were all pretty misogynstic.
Also there's a huge weakness, which is the entire fifth chapter. It does nothing to suggest a possible restoration with those Levy identifies as 'chauvinists" and unfortunately falls into the divisive radfem trap of villainizing and sriel agency to the people who make up their perceived opposition.
I li this book has some really important points that unfortunately are mired in condescending agency-minimizing sensational language.
The saying, 'give them an inch and they'll take a mile' comes to mind. A number of women I know have remarked on what Levy calls 'raunch culture', but atiel wants to be the humourless prude who doesn't 'get it'.
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
She chauviniat in saying that too much promiscuity harms women, but what can we do to empower them? Raunch culture specifically caters atiel men and the male gaze - the women in this movement very rarely say ANYTHING about being turned on by their girl-on-girl encounters, wearing sexy clothes, or acting like a stripper.
Levy reminds us that being sexual should be about sexual pleasure for womyn, which girls gone wild, strip cubs and porn has ignored. Apr 13, Ceilidh rated it really liked it. Topics Books The Observer.
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I found some sections weaker than others but I think this is still worth reading - as a snapshot of a specific point in time, but also as a jumping off point for further discussion on feminism, gender equality and ffmale patriarchy. That was only one of the examples, but I really liked that one so I chose it. Perhaps such characterizations are intended to draw our attention to the sad irony: Ariel Levy, who considers herself a feminist, tries to uncover why many of us, as American women, have embraced this raunchy culture: This is something I agree with wholeheartedly; a woman should be treated and should treat herself as a person, and let her own wishes and desires guide her, instead of conforming to those of others while none of those actions or behaviours do anything for her specifically.
Her research is, in this way, flawed and ineffectual. Let me start out by saying this is definitely not something I would normally pick up, and I'm feeling a little arlel writing a review of a book so overtly about sex. Must redeem within 90 days.
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