Yes Means Yes!, Jaclyn Friedman
Yes Means Yes!, Jaclyn Friedman
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Yes Means Yes!
Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape

Author: Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti

Narrator: Kymberly Dakin, Corey Gagne, Christine Marshall, Casey Turner, Jennywren Walker, Janay Woodruff

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 03/05/2019


Synopsis

This groundbreaking feminist classic dismantles the way we view rape in our culture and replaces it with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.
In the original edition, feminist, political, and activist writers alike presented their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model--and the result was the groundbreaking shift to today's affirmative consent model ("Yes Means Yes," as coined by this book).

With a timely new introduction, refreshed cover, and the timeless contributions of authors from Kate Harding to Jill Filipovic, Yes Means Yes brings to the table a dazzling variety of perspectives and experiences focused on the theory that educating all people to value female sexuality and pleasure leads to viewing women differently, and ending rape. Yes Means Yes has radical and far-reaching effects: from teaching men to treat women as collaborators and not conquests, encouraging men and women that women can enjoy sex instead of being shamed for it, and ultimately, that our children can inherit a world where rape is rare and swiftly punished.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ciara on March 22, 2009

i expected to find this book irritating, because i find most of what jessica valenti is involved in irritating (see my scathing review of full frontal feminism for more), & i find a lot of discourse around consent tedious & lumbering, a game of one-upsmanship in which people are proposing ever more......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on July 29, 2016

A really powerful read. This book attempts to refute the notion that sex is something that happens to women - that they are conquests, not participants. It's also about how women enjoy sex as much as men and shouldn't be shamed for it.......more

Goodreads review by Yasmin on June 18, 2011

A rather problematic book which has become something of a bible for neoliberal feminists. Here's an excerpt from my review: "Yes Means Yes rests at the nexus of two ideological points. One is a liberal feminism so battered by decades of right-wing sexism that it spends all its energy reacting to the......more

Goodreads review by Elevate Difference on May 13, 2009

Connections: The Apostate and Professor What If review... Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape The Apostate: My initial reaction when I heard about the anthology was mixed. It seemed that the problem of rape was being used for a catchy slogan's sake (the catchy sloga......more