Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing, David Leser
Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing, David Leser
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Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing
Feminism, Misogyny and Where We Go From Here

Author: David Leser

Narrator: David Leser

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2021


Synopsis

"How to find the right words to frame this horror? How to understand why men do what they do to women? How to comprehend this malign force that seems to seep from the male psyche and infect us all? . . . That is the central hope, the appeal, embedded in this book: that other men might join me in this investigation and ruthless self-interrogation-and in doing so, become part of the change that is so urgently required."

In February 2018, the Good Weekend cover story by David Leser, 'Women, men and the whole damn thing', had an extraordinary response. David received hundreds of personal messages from readers around the world - both women and men - urging him to expand his story. Here is that audiobook: a brilliant, impassioned, unflinching account of the firestorm of #MeToo, how we got there and where we must now go.

In this essential and incisive investigation, Leser unearths the roots of misogyny, its inextricable links to the patriarchy, and how history brought us to the #MeToo movement and the wave of incandescent female rage that is sweeping the world. Crucially, he also interrogates his own psyche, privilege and culpability as he bears witness to the 'collective wound of the world' and asks how we can move towards healing and profound and permanent change.

Reviews

Ah man, it had to happen didn’t it? I feel like this book is less about the #metoo movement but more about the #butwhataboutme movement. Leser, as a white, male, middle class and educated man attempts to unravel the whole damn mess of where we are now and how we got here. I have a lot of thoughts ab......more

Goodreads review by Jayne

Despite being written by a man, l don't think this book adds much to the conversation on gender inequality and the #MeToo movement. It's a pretty shallow dive into the subject matter (which l guess is understandable given its enormity) and doesn't really present any new ideas or opinions. Perhaps if......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Review of “women, men and the whole damn thing”, by David Leser Published by Allen & Unwin “The next part of the women’s movement is a men’s movement that rejects so many of the old definitions of masculinity.” This is one of the key conclusions from David Leser’s new book: “women, men and the whole......more

Goodreads review by Trisha

"It’s a humbling and terrifying thing to try to bear witness to what feels like the collective wound on the world" I found this to be an amazing audio book, one I plan on buying in hardcover, highlighting and marking pages. This is a book with a lot of words from a lot of people - moving testimonies......more