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Ci sono molti modi per sentirsi superiori, più forti, più bravi, più sapienti e potenti. La sopraffazione non passa solo per la violenza fisica, l’umiliazione, la dipendenza economica, ma anche da meccanismi più semplici, da comportamenti più sottili e socialmente accettati da tutti. La violenza sulle donne comincia anche da una conversazione dove le donne vengono messe a tacere. Cosa non funziona in queste conversazioni? Gli uomini pensano erroneamente di sapere cose che le donne non sanno e, senza farsi domande, iniziano a spiegarle.
In questa selezione dei suoi scritti femministi più noti, Rebecca Solnit spiega perché ciò accade e ne sottolinea il lato grottesco. Con la sua prosa elegante e incisiva mette a nudo alcuni degli aspetti più imbarazzanti, crudi e folli della società maschilista, invitando a riflettere tutti coloro che ne hanno il coraggio.
- ISBN: 8868338254
- Casa Editrice: Ponte alle Grazie
- Pagine: 176
- Data di uscita: 19-10-2017
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Overall, I don't read a lot of nonfiction, but when I do, it is often in the form of feminist essays. And I just think I may have been spoiled by better essay writers than Solnit. Men Explain Things to Me was a natural choice for my TBR, but the writing quality is just okay, not very evocative or eng Leggi tutto
This book is so depressing that I had to read this one at the same time to prevent me from spiralling down into despair. You may have heard of the title essay, which is funny and deservedly famous. But in the second essay the floor suddenly drops away and we’re falling into the vile pit of misogyny. Leggi tutto
It ... didn't go where I thought it would. It starts out strong, she ends on a decent note, but it meanders in the middle in a way that makes me wish it hadn't been a book at all. It's good writing, and the points she makes are important, but overall it was just a little, I don't know, unfocused? La Leggi tutto
It´s so easy, subconscious, close to an automatic reflex. The hidden weaponization of language and social interactions. See, even if we deem ourselves emancipated and identifying with the ideals of equality, there are so many seemingly harmless actions and social norms that manipulate how we interac Leggi tutto
What a mixed bag. The title essay works best for me because it actually discusses the author's personal experiences with getting talked over by men although she obviously knows a great deal more than them about the things they're discussing. The Woolf/Sontag essay is interesting too. Everything else Leggi tutto
The titular first essay is required reading for humans, especially men. I enjoyed (is that the right word?) the rest of the book as well, though I felt the essays were best when they were most direct. My only quibble with the book is that the essays weren't meant to appear together, which led to som Leggi tutto
This collection of essays is a relatively quick read at 130 pages. And no, it’s not just 130 pages of funny anecdotes depicting unwitting men explaining things to Solnit that she already knows. In fact, after the introductory essay, there’s no further mention of such behavior. What follows is what I Leggi tutto
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