Naomi Woolf would be very disappointed in all of us. They don’t know how else to survive as they are also viewing themselves from the lens of patriarchy. Thus, girls like Branley use sex as a currency to get what they want. Fitting into the male fantasy of an ideal female body is the only way of proving your worth. Pretty is literally the price women have to pay to keep existing. Here, I would like to elaborate on how Mindy McGinnis portrayed women’s fear of aging and how we often equate that with physical unattractiveness. The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis This book is very educational for everyone as it talks about why having a vocabulary to understand and vocalize sexual abuse is imperative. Her only solace was her art class, through which she would eventually learn how to speak up for herself.
No one tried to comprehend what she was going through. To top it off, she became a social outcast. Her classmates misunderstood her for calling the cops at the party where she was raped. Melinda lapsed into emotional anesthesia after an upperclassman raped her. When did legit human beings become objects of exchange? Oh wait, women getting treated as humans and not objects is an alien concept in our world. However, the main point to note here is how women are made into scapegoats: how their bodies are used by men as if they are theirs for the taking, and how they are used to satiate ego struggles. It’s a tale of power and what steps people take when others’ privilege adversely impacts their well being. This is a novel about Mireille Duval Jameson, who was abducted in front of her father’s Port au Prince estate.
Roxane Gay has a way of making words come to life, thus making her readers feel everything she means to convey intensely. What’s commendable is how she didn’t lose her will to fight and hope that someday she might be able to get away from the toxicity she was a victim of. Men’s apathy towards women never fails to amaze me. Her rapist felt entitled to her body and every time he came to pay her his customary visit she locked Jack inside a wardrobe. His ‘Ma’ was abducted and held in captivity for years. This book is narrated from the point of view of a 5-year-old boy named Jack.
So, here is a list of amazing reads that I feel will be of great help to anyone trying to better understand rape culture. Nothing changes preconceived notions and fixes our misinformed brains like books. The media we consume is of no help, most times. Rape culture has been here since the beginning of time. It’s needless to say that this is how patriarchy works: its entire structure is framed to discount atrocities imposed by men.
When a woman is subjected to sexual violence, she is the one who is held at gunpoint. The victim is often held accountable for the aggression that is the responsibility of the assaulter.
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