Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

49 reviews

caro6408's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

bellebriones's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Misogyny

constancely's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

No exactamente lo que esperaba cuando empecé a leerlo, pero aun así un libro muy recomendable para cualquiera que quiera saber más sobre cómo y por qué la discriminación de género afecta a la atención médica de las mujeres.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

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

extraaardvark's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Super interesting, a frustrating but important read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Abortion, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Cancer, Death, and Racism

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

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.25

Highly informative book. Quite emotional and upsetting at times but really important to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism