Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars by Jenny Lindsay

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The last decade has seen countless cases of women being fired, disciplined, protested or no-platformed for their views on sex and gender. Whether high-profile celebrities or previously unknown feminists, such women's vocal non-belief in 'gender identity' as a universal human condition bears a high social cost. These 'houndings' are often presented starkly, clinically, in headlines or fleeting social media moments, stripped of the true cost of holding such beliefs. But what is the reality show more behind the headlines and noise? What are the true consequences of holding - and living with - such seemingly now-heretical thoughts? Hounded charts the often hidden and unspoken harms women face for prioritising and defending sex-based language and rights. Outlining the often-bewildering array of tactics used by opponents against such women, as well as the resilience required to refuse to be silenced, Lindsay presents a compelling argument for recognition of the individual and social harms that are being enacted under the auspices of 'gender identity activism.' This debut non-fiction book by award-winning poet and essayist Jenny Lindsay, whose own 'hounding' offers a unique perspective, is a solid, sane, witty but also compassionate account about the very human cost of this extraordinary cultural and political schism. show less

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themulhern 2,101 reviews

A book that documents the relentless hounding of sex realist women, principally in the UK. Rachel Rooney's hounding tops this author's personal chart, perhaps because they are both poets.

May 10, 2026

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