Lois 's Reviews > Reinventing Love: How the Patriarchy Sabotages Heterosexual Relations

This audiobook was made available for me to listen to and review by Mona Chollet, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley.

The narrator is Alix Dunmore. Her voice is rich, full and cultured. Her accent is light and her pronunciation of French & English perfect.

This is an English translation of a French language feminist text focusing on romantic relationships between heterosexual men and women. This touches on inequality in straight relationships in regards to the orgasm gap, household tasks physically and mentally gap, child care gap, etc. I agree with the author that isn't addressed often enough in gender studies/feminism.
This fully includes women of color, their differing experiences and how this is often ignored by mainstream feminism. Exceptionally well done.

I'm not straight myself but both my current and previous husband are straight men. I admit that I'm frustrated with the division of equality in both relationships. I mean comparatively I have quite a bit of power and independence in my current marriage but we ain't equals. My current husband is much better than my first husband but that's kind of a given. I agree with the author that women, and marginalized genders in general, married to men would be freer in a society not structured around families. I've even read sci fi novels dealing with what that would look like and how it could function. I also agree with the author that heterosexual couples who have the means for their own living space would be ideal.

This is a feminist text and as such covers domestic violence, sexual assault and femicide in depth. These subjects are discussed in the context of romantic relationships between straight men and women. This is important because these issues are crisis's for women all over the globe.
This includes anecdotes about classic Western literature as well as more contemporary films, plays, novels, feminist leaders and television shows. This also serves as almost a love letter to bell hooks and her book, 'All About Love'. Which the author acknowledges as the first feminist tome on love in heterosexual relationships.

Thank you to Mona Chollet, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review this audiobook. All opinions and viewpoints expressed in this review are my own.