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1.0 out of 5 starsIt's THAT Bad
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
This reviewer has been through most of the experiences depicted in this book: blackout rape, being masturbated "at," manhandled, and, most importantly, incapable of expressing her needs in sexual situations. However, this reviewer also believes that human nature is complex, and biologically determined, and that men are not taught in any way, shape or form, what this book says it does. In other words, the real rape in this book is its toxic narrative. Yes, you can get past bad sexual experiences, just as you're expected to get past a car accident. (And how is it, this writer wonders, that uncomfortable or disturbing sexual matters are not to be overcome, but most will get back into a car after an accident? But this book doesn't want you to believe that for a second. It insists that men are demons, that even an attempt or expression of sexual desire is dirty and bad, and that a foul experience between a drunken stupid man and a drunken stupid woman inevitably consigns women to chronic anxiety that therapy doesn't seem to help. It's utterly painful to read something so monolithic othering, so lacking in courage, I'm sorry. It made me sick, but not in the way it was supposed to -- and I'm thankful for that.
