Recently I found out that man and woman have tremendously different views on things, I am man so I am trying to understand what woman sees in her life, like what it’s like to grow up as woman, how it shapes her life going forward,what she thinks about man, how she sees man (never dated anyone but I heard that woman generally tends to like man whose like her father), what love and sex and marriage means to her and how she sees it and much more…..
Fiction, non-fiction anything goes. But according to you it should reflect the viewpoint of women.
If possible please write short summary of the book also.
by Bubbly-Foundation998
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Well let’s start with a classic tale, the Iliad, but from a woman’s perspective: Pat Barkers The Silence of the Girls. Briseis, the „price“ awarded to Achill, reflects on the cruel life in a war – as a slave woman. I love Greek mythology, so being offered a take that does not solely circle around being a hero, but rather what it means for bystanders to be caught up in a terrible conflict, was eye opening. And it also is a somewhat modern take, since women still are caught up in horrible wars and their suffering is rarely the news.
How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
It’s been ages, but I read “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships: Gray, John”
It is a relationship advice book that emphasizes what you mentioned, that men and women have different perspectives, like when women talk about things, they often just want someone to listen about their feelings, and men often make the mistake of trying to ‘fix’ things that only require listening.
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia fine. Not necessarily about women’s point of view (because women aren’t a monolith) but it goes through the myths of sex differences in the brain and how that pseudo-science affects the societal roles of men and women and how they’re treated.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fineberg is good if you’re curious about the experiences of womanhood within the intesexions of queerness and gender nonconformity.
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Carolina Criado Pérez
The Power by Naomi Alderman