Female Fear Factory
Unravelling Patriarchy's Cultures of Violence

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review There was a lot of interesting things in this book. As a woman I am very familiar with a lot of examples in here relating to fear and I think a lot of the ideas were expressed well. Overall it was a good read however, I di......more

"The Female Fear Factory reminds us that all women are safe to violate, are beatable, and are killable. This is what it means to be female in this context, which is to say, as having feminine value in a patriarchal hierarchical worldview. It means to be legitimately domitable and ultimately......more

3.75🌟 Persuasive with very brilliant arguments and deductions. Each chapter focuses on a key aspect of the plethora of issues that women struggle with daily and I honestly believe that every woman will relate to one or more of these chapters, irrespective of race, age, class and anything else that ma......more

It's been around 2 weeks since I finished reading Female Fear Factory, and I've found myself referencing concepts within several times since then. That's because I find multiple of the metaphors and comparisons Gqola introduces, to make feminist theory and research accessible, both thought-provoking......more

I think this might have been a bit too academic for me - I found it a difficult read.......more