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Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
5 reviews
librijess's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Abortion, Classism, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Death, Infertility, Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Addiction, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
extraaardvark's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Medical content, Sexism, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Blood, Cancer, and Forced institutionalization
solliereads's review against another edition
5.0
I really appreciated, too, having a clear timeline of events that provide much-needed context regarding various issues in women's health. It was by no means an easy read, and there were times where I was so disgusted by the things women have gone through that I wanted to put the book away, but it was certainly an immensely helpful one. Cleghorn has clearly gone to great lengths to write a text of such great importance on the subject of medical misogyny, and everything in her book is backed up by a massive amount of citations, none of which are pointlessly crammed in there either. I truly look forward to reading her upcoming book in 2024 - MOTHERS: An Intimate History - and I fully expect it to be just as crucial a read as this was.
Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Chronic illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, and Eating disorder
rosalind's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Cancer
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Rape
sebrittainclark's review against another edition
4.0
This book isn't an easy read, but it's an important one to understand the biases that exist in medicine today, like how many women don't know the signs of a heart attack because popular media focuses on the signs that appear in men. Or the multi-year process it takes to get a diagnosis of a chronic, or autoimmune disease, both of which disproportionately affect women.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Abortion, Infertility, Blood, Cancer, and Death
Minor: Eating disorder