Reddit Reddit reviews Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

We found 14 Reddit comments about Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

Books
Law
Human Rights Law
Constitutional Law
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Great product!
Check price on Amazon

14 Reddit comments about Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide:

u/Don_Antwan · 370 pointsr/pics

There's also a book - "I am Nujood, age 10 and divorced." It's a hard read, but eye opening. Almost as good as Kristof's "Half the sky." Almost.

http://www.amazon.com/Am-Nujood-Age-10-Divorced/dp/0307589676

http://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide/dp/0307387097

u/grandballoon · 38 pointsr/todayilearned

Nicolas Kristof's book Half the Sky deals with this. He spoke at my high school about how, if you count all these instances of gender-fueled violence as a single entity, it's the largest loss of human life in history. I'm paraphrasing, because that doesn't sound quite right, but it was something along those lines.

u/heystoopid · 6 pointsr/promos

A sad little isolated world one faithful reader must live in.

u/Gazzellebeats · 5 pointsr/LetsGetLaid

>I don’t regret having one, just extremely ashamed of being sexual and communicating it to girls and also showing it to the world. Attracting girls’ attention and whatnot isn’t very hard but progressing things to dating, holding hands and eventually sex is impossible. I can’t even call them or message them on Facebook or Whatsapp because I just feel like an idiot for doing so. Making a move in clubs and bars is also difficult although I once got close to leaving with a girl but she didn't want to. I got made fun of a lot growing up for not having a girlfriend and this made me feel like i do not deserve one. It doesn't matter if I've got the green light to go ahead I just feel really ashamed do it. Even something like looking at a fit girl wearing a short skirt makes me feel bad for checking her out and that I shouldn’t be doing it.


I know what you mean. I've been there myself, but even when I was there I was entirely self-aware of my shame and I was skeptical of the validity of my emotional reactions; I realized they were ingrained. Being aware of your emotional reactions allows you to be emotionally proactive. Your sex-negative problem is mostly an emotional issue, and not much else, right? I've been there. I wouldn't doubt that you are also decent looking and have both latent and actualized social skills. Most intelligent introverts have a lot of potential to be who they want to be because they know themselves more deeply than others. You must use your introverted nature to your advantage and recognize the differences in others and yourself. In all honesty, there are an infinite number of unwritten rules; everyone's abstract/emotional logic is different. Many of them are foundational and predictable, however; including yours and mine. Like anything else, being emotionally predictable is not a black/white issue. It is a grey area, and you have to balance your reliability with creativity.


Being made fun of for not having a girlfriend is just as sexist as being made fun of for not having a boyfriend; gender equal too. Were you ever shamed for not having a boyfriend? It's clearly a matter of groupthink and extroverted style; not for everyone. Dating relationships, for extroverts especially, are often attention-getting and showy. They wear their relationships like trophies won. Usually introverts prefer a more private relationship because they have less social desire and are often shamed because of it. Introverts are “themselves” more often in private. Extroverts are “themselves” more often in public. There is no shame deserved either way, regardless of popular opinion. Both styles have their strengths and weaknesses, and you should try to introject some of the traits that you enjoy in others; regardless of type. That is how you become balanced.


>I’m receiving counselling from a pastor who advocates the whole “no sex before marriage” thing and believes that people should only date to get married and sex is only for making kids which is stupid IMO because I do not plan on getting married anytime soon.


Counseling from a Catholic pastor? Watch out, that is one of the most notorious sex-negative societies out there. They own the abstinence-only charade while they parade horribles. Marriage is not the answer to anything; it is an institution of the state. Anything else attached is sentimental.


If you haven't already, I recommend doing an in-depth study of animal sexual behaviors; especially the most intelligent animals. All animals have sex for pleasure, but some animals are only driven to have sex at certain times of the year; humans are on a 24/7 system.


>I’ve tried the no fap route and gotten very high days counts but that hasn’t really helped me at all.


Sexual frustration doesn't help anyone. If you are mindful, then you can use your libido to further your goals, but it is not an all-cure.


>Got any sources to help overcome sex-negative perspectives? I’m interested in recreational sex not baby making sex.


Absolutely. I recommend starting with actual sex science and learning about male and female psychology and neurology. Then work your way into reading about sex culture. You should also study developmental psychology as you will probably need the clinical context in order to objectively self-evaluate your childhood influences; it is necessary for self-therapy. The best therapy will always be self-therapy; no one will ever know you better than yourself.


Evolutionary Science and Morals Philosophy:

The Selfish Gene

The Moral Landscape

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?


Sex Psychology, Science, and Neurology:

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

The Female Brain

The Male Brain

Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love

What Do Women Want

Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)

Sex: The world's favorite pastime fully revealed


Behavioral Psychology and Abstract Economics:

How Pleasure Works

Freakonomics

Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking

Thinking Fast And Slow

We Are All Weird


Developmental Psychology:

Nurture Shock

Hauntings: Dispelling The Ghosts That Run Our Lives


Empathy Building:


Half The Sky

The House On Mango Street

Me Before You

The Fault In Our Stars

Also check out James Hollis' Understanding The Psychology of Men lecture if you can find it.



Movies: XXY, Tom Boy, Dogtooth, Shame, Secretary, Nymphomaniac, Juno, Beautiful Creatures, and The Man From Earth.



All of these things are related, but it is up to you to make the connections; pick and choose which material suits your interests best. These are the things that came to mind first, and they have all influenced my perspectives.

u/MRH2 · 4 pointsr/GenderCritical

Reminds me of "Half The Sky"

u/undercurrents · 3 pointsr/femmit

I think the book Half the Sky and then the subsequent documentaries are what really brought the issue to the forefront of serious women's issues that need to be addressed. Because it's essentially been eliminated in America, not to mention the obvious taboo of talking openly about vaginal tearing and leaking feces through the vagina, it's an issue that a majority of people are completely unfamiliar with. I've even seen several TIL's about it in terms of how gross it is and the comments on the posts would belong in /r/imgoingtohellforthis if they had any idea just how deadly, miserable, and prevalent this condition really is.

Louis CK also donated profits from his self-funded album to the Fistula Foundation, bringing even more awareness.

u/NMCLink · 1 pointr/books
u/pizzaface12 · 1 pointr/worldnews

You can do something about it by donating to charities that support girls' education in Afghanistan. Last week I gave $25 to The Asia Foundation's Afghan Girls' Education Fund. National Geographic is matching donations at this time :)

Afghanistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world and one of the largest disparities in literacy between men and women (source)

Girl's education reduces child mortality rates, increases womens' independence, increases equality, leads to increased women's rights, and increases the probability that her children are educated (Reference - PDF)

I recommend these related books:

Half the Sky

Three Cups of Tea

Stones Into Schools

u/notacrackhead · 1 pointr/IAmA

looks like I was barely awake when I posted that, hah.

http://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide/dp/0307387097/

u/duckmagnumduck · 1 pointr/Feminism

Great infothing.

Recommended reading: "Half the Sky" http://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide/dp/0307387097

u/Rentun · 1 pointr/TumblrInAction

I've been trying to hunt down the source for the claim.

Apparently it's from this book.

I don't have a copy of the book so I can't read the quote in context, but from everything I've found online, she's talking about deaths during child births? Or something?

>“More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century. More girls are killed in this routine gendercide in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century.

>The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.”

this is the quote from goodreads.

u/VuDuBaBy · 1 pointr/television

Women, from the time they are born, are often at the complete mercy of men. Their fathers, uncles, brothers, grandfathers, cousins etc are usually the abusers of defenseless children. They can't fight back and might not be able to tell anyone, and worst of all they are often mind fucked into thinking it's ok. Women are viewed as objects by many men and many men grow up with the objective to obtain a woman via job, car, dating or if that doesn't work, raping, to have sex. Sex and control is the end game for rapists, if a woman doesn't go willingly then they'll take what they want. If a woman, and there are some, had this motivation, it would typically be a much harder task to over power a man and rape him, though it does happen, everybody can get drugged too. Anyway. What I'm getting at is the obvious physical overpowering factor, but also the idea that women aren't motivated to have sex for the same reasons as men and therefore go about things differently, mainly because women find empathy easier than men IMO. As far as empathy for rapists, most were abused themselves as children and grew up in terrible situations that they had no control over. When someone with massive trauma has no control over something in their life it can be extremely frustrating. For men, this often results in massive rage response and violent behavior brought on by festering thoughts and sick ideas that went unchallenged because literally no one ever cared about them enough to help them. They then go on to rape often because of a need to take control of their sex needs from women who, in their view, have denied them of sex they deserved so they control a person to feel powerful or whatever; that or they are just sick sadistic fucks. NO excuse for abusing anyone but hopefully this sheds some light on why. My gf and I worked in social work for years and dealt with both sides. But this is human history we are talking about here. If you're really interested I'd really recommend this book:

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307387097/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_N25JAb756M1PQ