Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

32 reviews

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Medical content, Misogyny, Death, Racism, Cancer, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Sexual assault

chronically_theo's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

3.75

This book was incredibly hard to read. Reading about how people like you have been violated and dismissed never gets easier. It is interesting though if you are in the right headspace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Classism, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Cancer

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Chronic illness, Sexism, Ableism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Racism, Medical trauma, Classism, and Colonisation

missb_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Classism

gellyreads's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Ableism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

allisonwatkins's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Medical trauma

charbookchar's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Antisemitism, Ableism, Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Classism, and Medical content

Moderate: Death

anna456's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual content, Drug use, and Miscarriage

catherineleigh's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abortion, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Rape, and Cancer