Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

8 reviews

gl00p's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

This book is mostly sad and dark but also contains some optimistic content and speaks of those (of any gender) having advanced the state of things. Avoid if you don't want a depressing read.

writingforlife's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, and Abortion

seventhswan's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.75

The arguments at the centre of this book are so, so important, which only makes it more frustrating that the quality of the historical research in here was... not great. The factual and historiographical problems other reviewers pointed out are largely inconsequential and have no bearing on the main point of the work, but their presence could undermine the rest of the book, which is a shame. I really valued the commitment made to calling out medical racism as well as misogyny, and was pleased that there were no TERFy overtones in the writing. I wouldn't recommend this as a history of women's health, but the ideas at the root of the book are sound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Cancer

antoniamshmmr's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective

4.5

The book shines light on the way women have historically been treated in medicine and how it affects women to this day. A very informative summary of the wide history of western medicine is given throughout the book, while explaining all the systemic problems such as racism, sexism, etc. that women and non-binary people had to face. 

One thing I would‘ve liked to see in the book would be a comparison or  simply some information about the medicine of non-western society as this book mainly focuses on USA/UK and partly some other western countries. To keep a red lining I understand that this might be difficult to include though.

Overall a very good read – painful sometimes – seeing that so many aspects of inequality retain to this day. I am positive this book helps a lot of (unwell) women to focus on what doctors are telling them and how historical inequalities may be hidden within those words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, Medical trauma, Body horror, Abortion, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

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

reading_for_pluto's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Abortion, Classism, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Forced institutionalization

burdasnest's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

 This book made me feel seen and connected to all of the women in our time and the past who suffered medically because of their sex. Cleghorn acknowledges intersectionality and inequity well, but keep in mind that this is focused on western medical history and knowledge and cisgender women. She also emphasizes the absolute importance of the myriad issues we have before us as unwell women. I feel called to advocate and act by this book, and think that it should be required in health curriculum in higher education from physiology to public health. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Abortion, Miscarriage, Blood, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Rape, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Slavery

marybsimp's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness