It was quite triggering; I couldn’t finish the book in one sitting. My heart would race and I felt like throwing my Kindle across the room sometimes.What I liked:More than other books I’ve read on rape culture, it really holds women accountable for dismissing other women. (Girls and women are often just as likely as men to blame female victims. Why wouldn’t women empathize with other women?) I always felt this issue was not addressed enough, maybe because people are afraid of directing the heat

Let me start off by saying that I don’t agree with a lot of the premises and conclusions that are drawn in this book, which is exactly why I read it. I enjoy reading books that offer alternate perspectives or challenge certain perspectives that I may have and this book certainly does that. Having said that, the book is a quick and simple read that plainly offers its points and has an appealing visual design that makes reading about such a terrible topic less dreadful.

I love this book. It takes a deep look at the current "Rape Culture" and shows every angle of the inequality of women in the American society. In one page, it shows that more than a third of Americans believe that between 50-95% of rape accusations are false. Yet in another research done my David Lisak, the actual rate of false accusations is under 8%. This is why rape victims don't want to come forward. For ever single person that is traumatized by this, it take so much courage to step forward

5 starsThis is an amazing book that discusses rape, rape culture, and how it is deeply rooted in our society. It can be uncomfortable throughout the book but that's what's sometimes necessary to feel an extent of how uncomfortable, common, and horrible a problem really is. I also really liked how it viewed the effects of rape culture from multiple points of views and suggested ways to dismantle this toxic culture.A trigger warning since this book obviously goes intk detail about multiple cases o...

I think that this book was very informative to the problems with our culture and how girls and boys are raised. I believe that this book is meant for an audience a little bit younger than myself. I wish Keyser would’ve focused a little more on rape cases where the perpetrator was not found guilty because that is much more common than the cases she talked about where the perpetrator was found guilty. Overall, I think this book is a great introduction into becoming aware of these problems.

WHEW! All right, that's done. I didn't really learn anything new with this book, personally. But do I think that younger readers will end up thinking a bit more thoroughly about rape culture after reading this book for themselves? Yes.I don't really want to touch too much on this book since it's general for me (although it will cause much younger readers to think critically about society) and this book covered areas I already know about with greater depth than displayed here. But I will definite...

This slim book is a mere highlight about what women face against sexual molesters on a daily basis. But it covers a lot of ground. Any American woman who’s ever had some man on the subway make increasingly loud and aggressive moves towards her; walked to her car in a dark parking lot after hours; tried to make it home from a bar, movie house or even work in the early hours; been hit on by an annoying coworker, persistent boss; raped by a relative, ex-partner, date, etc., knows what horrors can b...

Must read for all!Compilation of notes:And I understand why many women who this happens to let it go. Who’s going 2 believe you? (few) What r the repercussions? (many) Do u want 2 work again? (Yes) R you prepared 2b ostracized? (No)." "Pretending a problem doesn’t exist won’t lead to solutions."Californian law states that:An extremely drunk person can’t give consent.An unconscious person can’t give consent.A sleeping person can’t give consent.Another key part of the California law is that a per...

I really I read this all in one day but it took me about three months to process it and to finally write this review. I just didn't know what to say about it. It's heartbreaking, in places it made me want to throw up, and I also think it's incredibly important to read. Our society is so broken and we're fed so many misconceptions about rape and rapists and victims.I suppose the biggest take away should be obvious, and it's something I believed beforehand, but this reiterates it numerous times wi...

Well rounded and practical book about rape culture.I don’t know why I read this, but I do know that more people really need to read this.

Though I didn’t learn much new information, there were a few thought-provoking statistics. I didn’t appreciate that it seemed written with partisan lines and the big bad conservatives harming women while the knight in shining armor liberals want to stop rape. I think most reasonable politicians on both sides agree and support a position of protection and empowerment for women’s safety and well-being. I read it with different eyes than I might previously had, as I raise my 3 year old little lady

This book was nothing phenomenal. It talked about rape culture in a very detached way and didn't go very deep. I didn't learn anything new other than a few more horror stories from the news. I wanted to be changed and inspired by this book, and it was just meh.

No More Excuses examines rape culture - how we define it, how we perpetrate it and how we allow it to exist in today's society. Thought-provoking and well researched, it's a great 'gateway' book into the topic area, and although I would say it doesn't offer anything particularly new to the subject area, it does make the topic more accessible and offers good starting points for discussion.This is clearly targeted at a younger audience, as the writing feels a little juvenile sometimes, with direct...

"American's say that rape is as bad as murder, and yet only 3 per cent of rapists will serve time. American's say that rapists are evil people, and yet in case after case, people step forward to blame the victims." 'No More Excuses' should be classified as one of the essential books that everyone should read. It is incredibly thought-provoking, with some shocking statistics. It uses the story of a 16-year-old girl being sexually assaulted in the back of a car by her ex and his friends after pas...

Excellent book! Read it now and give a copy to every young man and woman you love.

Chapter 1:"Americans say that rape is bad as murder, and yet only 3 percent of rapists will ever serve time.""Americans say that rapists are evil people, and yet in case after case, people step forward to blame victims for the crimes committed.""One in five women and one in seventy-one men will be raped in their lifetime.""The frequency of violence against gender-nonconforming people is even higher. . . more than half of gender non-conforming people will be sexually assaulted during their lifeti...

I read this because I was trying to understand the world. My world against reality. That’s the real reason why I picked this book up without a second thought, in the teen section at my library.First of all, I am a teen. It was hard at times to read through this book and understand it to its full potential. But regardless, I knew I wanted and needed to read this. Here are my thoughts.I grew up in a quiet environment. When I first learned about rape, I heard that while rape is a crime, it is also

Please note this is a 2.5.A very rudimentary introduction to rape culture and intersectional feminism, this book is somewhat helpful, but leaves a lot out, and in a lot of cases speaks down to the audience. Some explanations are given half-heartedly- when you handle a topic so heavy as rape culture, perhaps the full context of the matters you're discussing are more vital than this book provides for. This is just so basic, and not in a 'ground up' way, just in that it's perhaps too simple for man...

No more excuses is a well rounded book about rape culture. But I'm sorry to say that even putting all of those experiences in one book and naming women who fight change it on a world wide scale, does absolutely nothing for the persons living it. Women and minorities are still being sexually harassed, assaulted and raped. Nothing has changed. What good does it do to write a book but when it is not the leaders that need to change their opinions but the average citizen. It is still a joke when he s...

In this book called ¨ no more excuses¨ written by Amber J. Keyser. This book is about the dangers of trusting people you don't know well and SA. I found this book by going to my school library and looking in the non fiction section to find a book that interested me. This book is about how even strong and influential people can be victims or the ones doing the crime. It tells you not to trust anyone even if they seem nice and trust able unless you know them well. It tells you about crimes that h...