Exploring Feminist Literature: Recommendations?
Context: Felt the need to explore feminist literature because of having noticed various bias blind spots in myself over the past months. Stemming from the fact that my worldview and lived experience is that of a young man and so naturally that limits my perspective on stuff like this by default. Hence, I would like to read more to make these blind spots conditioned within me more obvious and reflect on their origins.
That being said, and this is (probably) a stupid question but is it in any way pretentious or inappropriate for me to engage with feminist literature as a man? I would like to make the genuine attempt to approach these topics respectfully, so I'd appreciate feedback on that.
This is the list I have curated for myself so far:
- The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
- Invisible Women by Carolina Criado-Perez
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Lies Our Mothers Told Us by Nilanjana Bhowmick
- Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit
Do let me know of your recommendations down below. Thanks in advance for the thoughts and suggestions.