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For the most part it's pretty good and presents a fairly unbiased, straight-forward breakdown of the rise in gender-ideology but there was one point in the book where I had to stop because I was so angry.
I don't remember the exact chapter, but at one point Soh goes off about how women shouldn't strive for separatism because while we may not be as statistically violent 'we can still be really mean and catty' (yeah I'll take a backhanded compliment every day for the rest of my life over an actual backhand thank you very much) and also that 'separatism would mean the decline of the species'. First of all, the human race living into infinity isn't even a worthy goal in and of itself and even if it was, why the hell should women care after being exploited throughout all of human history for our reproductive capacities?
Also despite being a former sexologist, you can clearly tell she's of the mindset that femininity is innate to womanhood (yawn).
It was at this point that I realized why the book is being endorsed by Ben Shapiro on the cover.
I have a different understanding of separatism.
That was what I was going with for my answer. I don't believe this type of separatism is going to help feminists in the long run.
We already have "separatism" going based on your definition: women's bathrooms, women's shelters, women's prisons, girls boarding schools, women's support groups (current trans-issues aside) and women are free to have their own jobs, their own income, their own housing, and live with women, in a majority of countries.
I think you're quoting from the wikipedia article on (feminist) separatism... I mean if you read the whole thing, it's pretty clear that there are many different views on separatism and "women's separation from men" isn't necessarily implied to be universal/permanent. It even mentions an essay by Marilyn Frye where she mentions that all women practice separatism at some point in their lives, and that it only becomes "controversial" when politics come into it.
It's kind of ironic how the trans movement is even attempting to eliminate "benign" forms of female separatism such as women's bathrooms, and even shit like bachelorette parties, baby showers, women's religious clubs, "girls' night out," that kind of thing...
I mean I'm sure there are radfems who think all women should permanently and universally separate from men. Personally? I don't know any radfems who actually believe that, unless we mean in a vague sort of "I hope one day we have the technology to have an all-female society" way. I think everyone pretty much understands "all women should permanently separate from men for good" is a hard sell, to the point of impossibility. Some women are straight, I think we pretty much all understand that they're going to want to interact with men at some point.