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Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens
allisoninfictionland's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
biloser99's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
rmclark25's review against another edition
2.0
this book was on an interesting and important topic and i did learn information that i hadn’t known previously, but it read more like a textbook/thesis than a non-fiction book and was difficult to get through, despite it being a relatively short read. it was very repetitive. i did appreciate the afterword and hearing the author’s personal connection/experience related to the text.
k_lenn's review against another edition
3.0
Medical Bondage is informative but reads like a textbook and is distractingly repetitive with concepts and phrases. I was a bit confused by the organization of the chapters as well.
This is the first book I've read on this subject so I don't know how it compares to others like it. Still, I think it was a decent starting point for learning about this very important and horrific part of history.
This is the first book I've read on this subject so I don't know how it compares to others like it. Still, I think it was a decent starting point for learning about this very important and horrific part of history.
tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
This book covers the enraging and shameful history of gynecology in relation to the women who suffered for its advance: enslaved black women and immigrant women. The atrocities that occurred were torturous and steeped in heavy racism and misogyny. Very detailed, informative, and often difficult to read due to the subject matter and how angering it is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Racism
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Cancer, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail
kaylab's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Really important info. But there were a few anecdotes that were repeated in their entirety in multiple chapters. I wish there had been different stories or a nod back to the previous chapters, not just repeating the whole story again.
bellaphillips504's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0