Taking sides Book

3.5 // first chapters offer a great overview of feminist work on heterosexual romantic and sexual relationships: very clear and coherent. but segal's own ideas offer no real solution from the struggles that come almost necessarily with a heterosexual relationship.

"except for the games with power - 'power' being culturally symbolised as 'phallic' and 'masculine' - there seems litle reason to see the pleasures and risks of desire outlined here as either distinctively 'feminine' or heterosexual'."

yeah sure, there's little reason, but we do it anyway, that's the very problem. bit disappointed with this but the first bit was solid and a worthwhile read.