I feel a little bit bad shelving this under "feminism," but that shelf should honestly include toxic examples of the same, so there it goes.

This is not good. I came across it because, in an effort to expand my reading, I pick random Goodreads lists and work my way through them. The title wasn't terribly appealing, but the book was very short and also free so I thought I'd give it a whirl. It is, from the get-go, poorly reasoned and prone to gross generalisations and cherry-picking. It's logical fallacy central. Let me give an example. In the section arguing that women are intellectually stronger than men, Sona bases her argument on two factors only: that women are better listeners and they have better memories. Neither of these points are referenced in any way - there's not a single claim here that is referenced - but really... that's it? Intellectual strength is characterised solely by memory and listening capability? No mention of linguistic ability, spatial ability, creativity, the flawed history of intelligence tests, or any of the many other aspects of intelligence? Colour me unconvinced.

The thesis is badly reasoned, unsupported by objective evidence, and an enormous amount of focus is given to the opinion that men are sex-crazed beasts who will do and say anything to get a woman into bed. Make of that what you will.

On top of this, the whole thing is just poorly written. The author admits as much in the conclusion. The less said about that admission the better. I will end on a pet peeve, however. If you're going to use words such as "bitch" and "whore", actually use them and don't going swapping vowels for asterisks in an attempt to indicate delicacy. I've know twelve year olds who stand behind their word choices more.