The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us

Let me preface this review by saying that I tend to be right of center, I'm religion wise, Christian Catholic, and would normally agree with a book like this one. But this book is appallingly researched, with extremely broad-brushed conclusions, and unnecessarily harsh. **SPOILERS AHEAD** ~Her take on the occultism of the Romantics is broad-brushed and stretched to the point of almost making up facts. ~Her harsh presentation of the messy choices of many of the women who preceded the modern feminist movement of the 60s and 70s tends to brush over, or omit altogether, the narrow personal and legal choices of the women. ~She also brushes over, or omits entirely, the role that MEN played in the messy choices of the women she uses as examples. ~Her take on the French Revolution is also broad brushed, to the point of callous crassness. I get she's Catholic (as am I), but my God, the Catholic Church in France played a huge hand in propping up and covering up the immorality of the aristocracy. This, in turn, led to the horrendous oppression of the lower classes. The people were starving and overtaxed; it's a huge surprise that the people didn't rise up sooner. This is completely left out. ~The constant snarky, snide asides throughout the book undermine her argument, which I guess is something against radical feminism? I'm not sure, as she seems to be arguing against a whole host of things. ~These are just a few examples, among many. This is a very poor introduction to feminism; I found it to be incredibly depressing, and I'm also baffled by the huge number of positive reviews on other platforms. I understand that conservatives are perhaps a bit desperate for books, but we aren't going to be getting great books anytime soon if we keep rallying around mediocre, intellectually substandard books like this one. I do not recommend this book, under any circumstance. If one is looking for books that explain radical feminism, you are better off reading the originals by Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Simone de Bouvier, etc. and drawing your own conclusions.