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lajoiearchives's review against another edition
5.0
This books delves into the history of the uterus and women’s reproductive health care. It goes through the stages of a women’s life via different chapters for different periods (menstruation, labour etc). She does touch upon some facts about the actual process of menstruation / labour but this is not a guide for your health. It is a history of misogyny in women’s health, racial disparities with medical professionals , and the on- going battle of being a women in a world where our bodily autonomy is forever being threatened. It is an eye opening, raw, and heart breaking book. It will make you angry, not only for all the suffering from the past and present ; but for how you could have been turning a blind eye this entire time “because it can’t/hasn’t happened to me” ; therefore it doesn’t exist. I was consistently shocked , page after page. Highly recommend.
_shania's review against another edition
5.0
loved. fascinating and informative and so well written. total page turner. plus now I have all sorts of weird party trivia
maggie_the_ferocious_reader's review
informative
4.25
I enjoyed the information, I like learning things about the body I have. I also have a history degree and love learning unpretentious information whenever possible. This book was better than I even anticipated and after reading the other reviews I had high hopes.
sunshine169's review against another edition
3.0
I picked up this book to learn more about the womb. This didn't really go into the nitty gritty science of the womb due to women's health not being a high priority for research in the past but I was hoping to see if that changed! This is a great introduction though to the social history of women's health research. There is much to be taken away and I do recommend it.
Thank you Netgalley for an e-arc of this book.
Thank you Netgalley for an e-arc of this book.