Gender Book Summaries

The Second Sex Summary
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir 1949 746 pages
4.17
44k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Classics
Misogyny Summary
Misogyny
The World's Oldest Prejudice
by Jack Holland 2006 320 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Gender
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 2000 123 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Self-Made Man Summary
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
by Norah Vincent 2006 290 pages
3.41
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
Pussypedia Summary
Pussypedia
A Comprehensive Guide
by Zoe Mendelson 2021 432 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Health
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State Summary
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
by Catharine A. MacKinnon 1989 352 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism Summary
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
by Angela Y. Davis 1998 464 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Music
Feminism
History
The Cinderella Complex Summary
The Cinderella Complex
Women's Hidden Fear of Independence
by Colette Dowling 1981 291 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Sociology
Sexing the Body Summary
Sexing the Body
Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000 496 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender
Sexuality
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them Summary
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them
When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why
by Susan Forward 1986 304 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Feminism
Self Help
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 115 pages
4.03
36k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
The Beauty Myth Summary
The Beauty Myth
by Naomi Wolf 1990 368 pages
3.91
29k+ ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Womens
Pornland Summary
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
by Gail Dines 2010 204 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Psychology
For the Love of Men Summary
For the Love of Men
A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
by Liz Plank 2019 325 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
The Myth of Mars and Venus Summary
The Myth of Mars and Venus
Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?
by Deborah Cameron 2007 196 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Feminism
Linguistics
Gender
The Myth of Male Power Summary
The Myth of Male Power
by Warren Farrell 1993 448 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.37
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Gender
Gaga Feminism Summary
Gaga Feminism
Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal
by J. Jack Halberstam 2012 157 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Feminism
Queer
Gender
Of Boys and Men Summary
Of Boys and Men
Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
by Richard V. Reeves 2022 298 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
This Is Woman's Work Summary
This Is Woman's Work
Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves
by Dominique Christina 2015 224 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Poetry
Feminism
Spirituality
Becoming Nicole Summary
Becoming Nicole
The Transformation of an American Family
by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015 279 pages
4.22
12k+ ratings
LGBT
Biography
Memoir
The Mask of Masculinity Summary
The Mask of Masculinity
How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships, and Live Their Fullest Lives
by Lewis Howes 2017 256 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Asking for It Summary
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
by Kate Harding 2014 261 pages
4.37
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams 2020 288 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Feminism
Womens
Gender
Feminism for the 99% Summary
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
by Cinzia Arruzza 2019 85 pages
4.03
7k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Feminist Fight Club Summary
Feminist Fight Club
An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace
by Jessica Bennett 2016 336 pages
3.76
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Business
Self Help
Amateur Summary
Amateur
A True Story About What Makes a Man
by Thomas Page McBee 2018 205 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Queer
LGBT
Seduction Summary
Seduction
Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy
by Rachel O'Neill 2018 256 pages
4.60
10+ ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
Living a Feminist Life Summary
Living a Feminist Life
by Sara Ahmed 2017 312 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
The End of Gender Summary
The End of Gender
Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
by Debra Soh 2020 336 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Science
Politics
Psychology
We Real Cool Summary
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
by bell hooks 2003 184 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
Gender
Revolution from Within Summary
Revolution from Within
by Gloria Steinem 1991 431 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Self Help
Psychology
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Business
What About Men? Summary
What About Men?
by Caitlin Moran 2023 319 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Humor
Gender
Transgender History Summary
Transgender History
by Susan Stryker 2008 208 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
History
Queer
LGBT
The New Feminist Agenda Summary
The New Feminist Agenda
by Madeleine Kunin 2012 304 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Feminism
Womens Studies
Politics
Colonize This! Summary
Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
by Bushra Rehman 2002 403 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Essential Difference Summary
The Essential Difference
Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2003 288 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
Queer Summary
Queer
The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
by Kathy Belge 2011 208 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
LGBT
Queer
Self Help
Men Explain Things to Me Summary
Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit 2014 130 pages
3.83
82k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
Daughters of the Sun Summary
Daughters of the Sun
Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
by Ira Mukhoty 2018 276 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
History
India
Indian Literature
Mismeasure of Woman Summary
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
by Carol Tavris 1992 400 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Science
The Male Brain Summary
The Male Brain
A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
by Louann Brizendine 2009 271 pages
3.82
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976 432 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
Billy No-Mates Summary
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
by Max Dickins 2022 336 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Gender
Non-Toxic Masculinity Summary
Non-Toxic Masculinity
Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality
by Zachary Wagner 2023 208 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Sexuality
Christian Living
Christian
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism
by Jessica Valenti 2007 271 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
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