Female Chauvinist Pigs

Well, I wanted to like this book. I've seen some people who might fit the basic idea of FCP. Never minding the unfortunate appellation of pig (because they are actual amazing animals), this book was less than impressive. Some of the more negative reviews I've read on Goodreads are quite good, and I agree with them, so I won't reiterate the opinions here, because I am lazy today. But she doesn't focus on the patriarchy enough, and she seems a bit naive at times. She doesn't spend much time talking about feminist porn, although she briefly acknowledges it. She also briefly acknowledges issues with societal perceptions of gender, but I've read far more astute treatises on it. Things that Levy wrote I've already read in more perceptively written, more academic books.

And the ‘Womyn and bois' chapter, frankly, confused me. I can only assume that, even though this book is eight years old, she only had a casual acquaintance with the wide spectrum of SGD community. Trannies was surely an unacceptable term. FTM transgender people don't use the ‘her' pronoun, and being FTM trans doesn't make you a female chauvinist. It doesn't even make you chauvinist. I hope that, after eight years, Ms. Levy has a better understanding of this.

There was some interesting historical stuff, though, since I'm still unfamiliar with feminist history. That's what happens when you grow up in a very conservative church.