He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica Valenti

Her most common solution was “call people out on their bullshit” or “don’t let someone treat you this way”. Valenti explained everything well enough and used very current examples, but her “what do we do about it?” sections also fell a little flat for me. While I appreciate what she did with this book, I simply didn’t get much out of it. There’s a reason she chose to write about these double standards – they are SO pervasive, so obvious, such common experiences of most women that to not know about them and understand them would be a problem as a woman living in today’s world. I am a huge fan of hers, I love her website () and love her first book, but this book honestly did not provide me with any information I did not already have. The bad news, however, is that I wasn’t the biggest fan of this new one by Valenti. This book will help those women expand their developing feminist thinking, understand how the larger world really does discriminate against women in almost every situation, and have a better idea of how to deal with these double standards when faced with them in daily life. The good news is, I feel like this book will be really helpful for younger feminists, middle school, high school, or college women, who are just beginning to understand the ways sexism permeates their every day lives, and who are just beginning to have those light bulb moments where they realize feminism is important for EVERY woman. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, she informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes, and end the promotion of insidious double standards.

Jessica Valenti offers 50 solutions to 50 of the most pressing double standards that women confront. And mostly we just put up with it – but we don’t have to. Women are held to a different standard than men. He’s Dating a Younger Woman, She’s a Cougar.

He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica Valenti