⚠️ Sexual Violence

Unflinching examinations of assault and its aftermath, these books confront the realities of sexual violence with the gravity and complexity the subject demands.

Asking for It

by Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

4.37

4k+

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Asking for It 89%

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

by Kate Harding 2014

4.37

4k+ ratings

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

The Bug Collector

by Wrath James White • 2024

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

3.59

3k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger

The Bug Collector 89%

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

by Wrath James White 2024

3.59

3k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism

Against Our Will 88%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 88%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Black Box

by Shiori Itō • 2017

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

4.47

2k+

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement

Black Box 88%

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

by Shiori Itō 2017

4.47

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement

Fix the System, Not the Women

by Laura Bates • 2022

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

4.49

6k+

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Fix the System, Not the Women 88%

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

by Laura Bates 2022

4.49

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Notes on a Silencing 88%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Peaks and Valleys 88%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Prey

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2021

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

4.13

1k+

🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation ✊ Secular Feminism

Prey 88%

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021

4.13

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation ✊ Secular Feminism

When Men Behave Badly

by David M. Buss • 2021

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

4.09

1k+

🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression

When Men Behave Badly 88%

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

by David M. Buss 2021

4.09

1k+ ratings

🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression

Woom

by Duncan Ralston • 2016

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

3.23

38k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction

Woom 87%

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

by Duncan Ralston 2016

3.23

38k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Silent No More 87%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

9k+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity

The Purity Myth 87%

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

20k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome

Hope 87%

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015

4.37

20k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 87%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

The Slob

by Aron Beauregard • 2019

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

3.32

13k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror

The Slob 87%

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

by Aron Beauregard 2019

3.32

13k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Power of Women 87%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games

Playground 87%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games

Anatomía del mal

by Jordi Wild • 2024

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

3.42

884

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Anatomía del mal 87%

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

by Jordi Wild 2024

3.42

884 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Truth and Repair

by Judith Lewis Herman • 2023

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

4.21

778

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice ⚖️ Survivor Justice

Truth and Repair 87%

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

by Judith Lewis Herman 2023

4.21

778 ratings

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice ⚖️ Survivor Justice

Pornland

by Gail Dines • 2010

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

3.96

2k+

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation

Pornland 87%

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

by Gail Dines 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation

Saving Five

by Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4k+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Saving Five 87%

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

by Amanda Nguyen 2025

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

The Battered Woman

by Lenore E. Walker • 1980

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

4.01

101

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control

The Battered Woman 87%

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

by Lenore E. Walker 1980

4.01

101 ratings

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control

Yes Means Yes!

by Jaclyn Friedman • 2008

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

4.20

5k+

✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

Yes Means Yes! 87%

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

by Jaclyn Friedman 2008

4.20

5k+ ratings

✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

Secrets in the Cellar 87%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

by Katherine Angel • 2021

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

4.06

6k+

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again 87%

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

by Katherine Angel 2021

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Tears of the Desert 87%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

4k+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

While the City Slept 87%

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

The Way I Used to Be

by Amber Smith • 2016

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

4.14

237k+

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship

The Way I Used to Be 87%

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

by Amber Smith 2016

4.14

237k+ ratings

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Quest For Love 87%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Yellow 87%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Sex Object 87%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Getting Off

by Robert Jensen • 2007

Porn promises men freedom but delivers a hollow power that erodes their capacity for authentic joy.

3.68

706

✊ Radical Feminism 🔞 Pornography Criticism 👤 Masculinity Studies

Getting Off 87%

Porn promises men freedom but delivers a hollow power that erodes their capacity for authentic joy.

by Robert Jensen 2007

3.68

706 ratings

✊ Radical Feminism 🔞 Pornography Criticism 👤 Masculinity Studies

Is It Ever Just Sex?

by Darian Leader • 2023

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

3.37

479

📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality

Is It Ever Just Sex? 87%

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

by Darian Leader 2023

3.37

479 ratings

📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality

The Macho Paradox

by Jackson Katz • 2006

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

4.17

1k+

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture

The Macho Paradox 87%

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

by Jackson Katz 2006

4.17

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

A Brief History of Misogyny 87%

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

She Said

by Jodi Kantor • 2019

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

4.34

44k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups

She Said 87%

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

by Jodi Kantor 2019

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups

Shy Girl

by Mia Ballard • 2025

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

3.82

3k+

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation

Shy Girl 87%

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

by Mia Ballard 2025

3.82

3k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation

The Natashas

by Victor Malarek • 2011

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

3.90

958

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

The Natashas 87%

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

by Victor Malarek 2011

3.90

958 ratings

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Dirty Weekend

by Helen Zahavi • 1991

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

3.72

1k+

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter

Dirty Weekend 87%

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

by Helen Zahavi 1991

3.72

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter

Rethinking Sex

by Christine Emba • 2022

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

3.61

1k+

🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique

Rethinking Sex 87%

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

by Christine Emba 2022

3.61

1k+ ratings

🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique

The Assault on Truth

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 1984

The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.

3.99

494

🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Assault on Truth 86%

The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 1984

3.99

494 ratings

🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🧠 Trauma And Memory

Deviant

by Ellie Sanders • 2024

Captured by a cult's sadistic enforcer, a journalist must choose between her identity and survival.

3.27

5k+

🔗 Captive Romance 😈 Unrepentant Hero 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Deviant 86%

Captured by a cult's sadistic enforcer, a journalist must choose between her identity and survival.

by Ellie Sanders 2024

3.27

5k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Romance 😈 Unrepentant Hero 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Men Who Hate Women

by Laura Bates • 2020

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

4.32

31k+

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers

Men Who Hate Women 86%

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

by Laura Bates 2020

4.32

31k+ ratings

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers

Full Brutal

by Kristopher Triana • 2018

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

3.93

4k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Full Brutal 86%

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

by Kristopher Triana 2018

3.93

4k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror

Sick Bastards 86%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror

Healing Sex

by Staci Haines • 1999

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

4.29

549

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

Healing Sex 86%

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

by Staci Haines 1999

4.29

549 ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

Healing the Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 2016

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

4.45

577

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma

Healing the Wounded Heart 86%

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

by Dan B. Allender 2016

4.45

577 ratings

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma

No Service

by Krista Turner Clark • 2026

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

3.78

1k+

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult

No Service 86%

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

by Krista Turner Clark 2026

3.78

1k+ ratings

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit • 2014

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

3.83

88k+

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence

Men Explain Things to Me 86%

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

by Rebecca Solnit 2014

3.83

88k+ ratings

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence

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