Complicit

How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men

By: Reah Bravo

Narrated by: Reah Bravo

Part cultural study, part call to action, this thoroughly researched and deeply personal examination of white-collar work in America’s hyper-individualistic, patriarchal society will change the way you think about sexual misconduct and workplace abuse.

When Reah Bravo began working at the Charlie Rose show, she wasn’t deterred by the open secret of Rose’s misbehavior toward his female staff. Believing herself capable of handling anything unprofessional that might come her way, she soon learned a devastating truth: we don’t always react to abusive situations as we imagine we would. In fact, today she considers herself both a victim and an enabler of Rose.

Weaving her own experience with that of other women and insights from experts, Bravo reveals the psychological and social forces that make us all enablers of a dangerous, sexist status quo—regardless of our good intentions or feminist ideals.

Complicit shows that the path to a better, more equitable society begins with cultivating the self-awareness and mindfulness necessary to act against our cultural conditioning.

The self awareness and compassion with which the author examined our complicity.

A crucial examination of gender biases and bad behavior and how we as women have been conditioned to accept or allow that behavior. How hard a woman works to soften the edges of uncomfortable and inappropriate comments and actions so that no one, except herself, is uncomfortable and in some cases, in danger. Let’s stop doing that.

Poignant, relevant

Thank you for making sense of what can often be so deeply buried that the pieces can't be identified. Complicit makes sense of experiences and failures, identifying the elements which lead us to be complicit, and the forces that drive us there. Correctly identifying the theme as central to our greatest challenges as a human society, we'll done Reah, thank you for your hard work.

Deeply Insightful

Thought-provoking and educational from the introduction to the very last page. The author expertly demonstrates the fundamental flaws embedded in the stories we've traditionally been told, and how they shape and reinforce our current culture. A must-read and a must-discuss!