--- product_id: 1513815 title: "Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture" brand: "ariel levy" price: "€ 62.69" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1513815-female-chauvinist-pigs-women-and-the-rise-of-raunch-culture store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture **Brand:** ariel levy **Price:** € 62.69 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by ariel levy - **How much does it cost?** € 62.69 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1513815-female-chauvinist-pigs-women-and-the-rise-of-raunch-culture) ## Best For - ariel levy enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted ariel levy brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71e450wTOKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Another Guys Perspective *by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2006* I just finished reading FCP, and have to say it was one of the most engaging books I've read in quite a while. It was a quick read (one day) while still being extremely thought provoking and engaging. I won't waste my time summerizing the book (plenty of others do that below)...but I truly enjoyed the way she challenged (gently to my mind) the widely prevailing point of view of women's sexuality and power. She did a terrific job of setting up the context, looking at the different historic and social forces that have shaped the current state of affairs, and made, overall, quite a compelling case.I would love to see (perhaps in a second book??) a more nuanced presentation of her views on a different way to approach sexuality as well as the perspective of some women who's sexuality is NOT based on Raunch culture (as she says, there are many many different ways of being sexual...I'd love to hear her take on some of the 'more successful'). How have other's managed to explore the vast and complex landscape of sexuality, desire and pleasure without falling into the trap of reducing it to an act devoid of so much meaning? I've had some interesting discussions about the difference between pornography and eroticism...and I believe that there are both out there...I'd like Ariel Levy's take on the difference.I'd also want to hear more about men's perspectives (the afterwards addresses some of this...but again more would be nice)...no matter what she intended, I believe this book is as relevant and important for men as it is for women. A great read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Sexual Pleasure and Freedom *by D***K on Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2006* I highly recommend this book to people who have a generally positive attitude about sex (even outside of marriage), but who also feel somewhat disgusted by many of the depictions of a supposedly "liberal" sexuality. Levy looks at pop culture, conducts numerous interviews with women of all ages, and gives a brief history of feminism, while keeping a quick pace (I read this book in under 24 hours).This book is really about two things: sexual pleasure and freedom. Specifically, Levy wants to know why "post-feminist" freedom and sexuality -- epitomized by Girls Gone Wild, Playboy bunnies, and the glorification of porn stars and strippers -- looks so much like its opposite: a pre-feminist world in which women try their damnedess to please their partners (or crowds, or video cameras) without a strong sense of their own sexual desires.There are two different identities that Levy describes: first, that of the "empowered" sex object, personified in the idea of the sex worker (porn stars, strippers) as the ultimate women; and second, the woman who is actually one of the guys, personified successful corporate women who, like Judith Reagan, seem to talk about the the size of their penises a lot, while professing a general distrust of women, especially "girly-girls", who are generally referred to as "pussies".The two identities generally overlap (combining into the "Female Chauvinist Pig"), and even people in the first group seem to hate "girly-girls". But people solidly in the former group seem to be drunk, unhappy, and prone to eating disorders, whereas people in the latter group are more likely to be successful and tend not to make out with other women in bars. But a lot of women seem to spend time in both categories, and sometimes you get a Paris Hilton, who perfectly embodies both sides of the coin.The book really focuses on the peusdo-stripper aspect of the identity, which makes its way down to girls who are younger and younger (think middle school), and older and older (think thirty-something lawyer). The problem with this identity, for Levy, is that strippers and porn stars are inappopriate sexual role models, not because they are too sexual, but because they are paid to pretend that they enjoy something that they wouldn't be doing otherwise.And in interview after interview, Levy finds sexually libertine females of all ages who don't seem to enjoy sex at all, in no small part because they don't seem to really know what it is that they would want from a partner (other than attention), or what they would want sexually (other than to please someone else). For Levy, it would seem, the ultimate sin is having sex and not enjoying it. And it's a sin that has its roots in a culture that teaches women to be sexy and men to be sexual.Some reviews have said that Levy doesn't offer solutions; I don't think that that's true. Levy brings in a brief history of feminism from the 1950s to the 1980s to argue that freedom (through equality) and honest female pleasure were really what feminists were after, and the breakdown of feminism around issues like pornography and the universality of lesbianism has left modern women less able to understand the idea that women share a fate.Levy argues over and over that if women, as a whole, are thought of negatively, then the mere fact of being female will continue to be a taint on all females, even those who most solidly identify with masculinity. So the beginnings of a solution are fairly obvious; women should understand that their fates are linked, and people should generally work to destigmatize womanhood.Barring that, individuals should look at their own sexuality and sexual behavior and ask themselves if they're really getting what it is that they want, and if not, they should pursue a different strategy for sexual fulfillment. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars A great light read on feminism that implied a whole more... *by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2013* I was going to write a long, formal magazine review Ariel Levy's "Female Chauvist Pigs" for it's nearly decade anniversary. After reading the book, I decided against it because my critique will be that Levy didn't write the book I wanted her to write and this is a lame critique for a long form review. The book begins lays out an argument in the first three chapters about the inversion of radical feminism in the 1980s, but doesn't fully articulate it because it shies away from using too much radical feminist or Marxist language or analysis--instead it insists on a liberal journalism style of half-anecdote and half-interview. Particularly, in the second chapter, Levy seems to want to lay out an argument for what when wrong in the 70s, and the Marxian and radical feminist language keeps being left in the text like lipstick traces on a collar: the normal liberal complain about the insights that Dworkin made and how she went too far is laid out, but not why Dworkin went too far. Levy doesn't seem to know the problems of the larger left-wing movement of the period and how those feminists of the second-wave went from being key-theorists within the left to flailing around for allies even in the far right to fight pornography apologetic This historical context would be an entire book on its own, and a bit of cultural pathology of the 1970s radical mileau that would have to be explored in more material history than reporting originally done for New York magazine in the highly readable style of "new" journalism would can allow. Levy's impact is to put that debate back into the liberal consciousness, but her implied critique of the situation in the 1970s that led to the kind "empowerment" dialogue of the 1980s and 1990s remains just implied while the reaction against feminism by many involved is explored. This seems to be treating the symptoms rather than the disease.The last three chapters seem to be only tangentially related--one on the misogyny of San Fransisco Boi's in the 2000's, and another on high school sexuality and the failure of abstinence education during the Bush years that could have been written by anyone at the Atlantic. So these parts read like a book with magazine pieces sutured in, and when I read the notes they were. There was nothing particularly objectionable to these sections but instead of going deeper into the roots of the problem, just more symptoms are pointed out. While the "raunch culture" Levy describes may have died-down a bit, the aping of stereotypes of male and female values have not and the neo-liberalization of feminist rhetoric continues. This book seems to indicate that Levy would have a lot to say on that, but more pathological work is needed. This book isn't in the genre for that to possible within its pages.For what the book actually does, popularizing a problem that seemed be treated as a dinosaur's debate in the late 90s and early 2000s, Levy's book is excellent. The events are real and implied, although even though it is only eight years old, actually feels surprisingly dated now. I just saw a pathological critique implied about how the problem emerged hidden in the pages of Levy's book, but the structure and format of popular non-fiction long-form journalism didn't enable it to come out. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1513815-female-chauvinist-pigs-women-and-the-rise-of-raunch-culture](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1513815-female-chauvinist-pigs-women-and-the-rise-of-raunch-culture) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-10-14*