She makes a good assertion of how we brand women who do such work with negatively connotative words (e.g., prostitutes) yet we don't have a single word for men who seek and pay for these services. From there she establishes sex work as work. Despentes further declares heterosexual marriages as implicit financial contracts. When a woman automatically fits the mould of what a woman should be, her life is stiflingly laid out for her. "What women have endured is not only the history of men, but also their own specific oppression."A collection of 7 feminist essays indisputably thought-provoking and justifiably outraged, Despentes' King Kong Theory scrutinises and explores societal standards, rape, prostitution, pornography, and women's role in literature.In sharp, vulgar, and aggressive pitch and style, arguments about the advantages of not adhering to the expected amount of femininity deter the conventional roles expected of women.
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