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Naked Feminism
- Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty
- Narrated by: Victoria Bateman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women's bodies remain at the mercy of state, society, and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth less than a fully covered woman, or a chaste one? Are being sexy and being smart really mutually exclusive? Can a woman be both body and brain? Victoria Bateman has confronted these questions with actions as well as words. She has appeared naked on national television, on stage, in art and at protests—using her body, as well as her brain, to deliver her message.
In Naked Feminism, Bateman makes a compelling case for women's bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women. Illustrating the swinging pendulum of bodily modesty through the ages, she takes us on a journey from the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Babylon, through the birth of Christianity and Islam, to the lax morals of the medieval period and the bawdiness of Chaucer and Shakespeare; to the clampdowns of the Puritans and later the Victorians and, more recently, to the re-veiling of the Middle East and the purity pledges of modern-day America. She ends with a plea: feminists must unite to challenge the repression of the female body, as only then can women be truly free.
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- Graeme
- 17-10-23
Fantastic analysis of human rights and freedom!
I think I first heard Victoria Bateman speak during an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “In Our Time”; her interview with Melvyn Bragg made me want to hear more. I was not disappointed when I discovered this audiobook!
Read in perfect clarity and pace, by the author herself, it provides an excellent analysis of the intersections between feminism, history and economics. The result is a refreshingly balanced and comprehensive manifesto for body autonomy for everyone.
A radical feminist utopia, although intellectually supreme, is rightly debunked as impossible in the real world. I’m left thinking that radical feminism may be remarkably similar to the social Darwinism of the early 20th century: intellectually coherent and theoretically supreme, but destined for no better future than the Greater German Reich.
I read dozens of books about feminism in the past but became so disillusioned by contradictions under its banner that I came to despise the word. This audiobook by Victoria Bateman is just what I needed to restore my sanity and to acknowledge (to myself) that feminism can be a real force for good in the world.
European naturists (of all ages, genders and backgrounds) have known for >100 years what feminism is now discovering. I think a challenge for the future may include becoming increasingly inclusive of other categories (besides gender) in the “intersectional” spectrum.
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