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Ariel Levy: Female Chauvinist Pigs (2006, Free Press) 3 stars

Meet the Female Chauvinist Pig—the new brand of “empowered woman” who wears the Playboy bunny …

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3 stars

The book title does not deceive. There are certainly a lot of raunchy examples in this book. This is not a book to be read by the easily offended. The conclusion wraps up the opinion of the author without all the graphic details, so head for those few pages if you want to skip the details and get right to core of the book. My main complaint about the book is that the author clearly points out that 'Raunch Culture' is not empowering women, yet she seems unwilling to commit fully to that belief. The bulk of the book details women who appear very sexy but they don't find pleasure in sex. The pleasure these women experience come from money, a sense of power, manipulation, or sometimes not at all. Yet the author does not present any alternatives. In fact, if you take out the examples of raunch you are left with scant little reading. Still, the author makes very good points and this book should not be dismissed.