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eren_reads's review
informative
medium-paced
4.5
The quote from Emily Wilson about this book sums up how I feel about it:
This book is a brilliant, blood-drenched page-turner. Every girl, woman and man - and most particularly every doctor - should read it
This book is a thorough investigation of how women's health is under-researched, misunderstood and overall not cared about as much as men's health is on a systematic level. It looks at the way that living in a patriarchal society has led to this.
My one criticism of this book is that, despite brief mentions, it mainly focuses on white cisgender women. There are some mentions of non-white cisgender women and how they are disproportionately impacted by health disparities but there is hardly any mention on AFAB transgender people or people who are intersex. I don't hold this against the book but it would be nice if more was included on this matter to make it a more intersectional read.
readerskeeter17's review against another edition
informative
3.75
Informative and interesting but got a little repetitive and jargony. Non fiction is just tougher for me to rate.
tinycocoapop's review
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This book is ideal for those who are just starting their reading into issues like these, otherwise it is a bit basic. Very well presented though and easy to understand.
lillihayes's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great read and explained so much about the systemic gender bias in healthcare. I appreciated so much seeing endo described as the debilitating disease it is. I also learned a lot about why the medical profession has the attitudes it does toward people (namely, women, non-binary and trans people) with chronic pain. I felt both seen and incensed at the same time. I wish every doctor had to read this book. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the way the healthcare system treats anyone who isn’t a white, cis-male and the history behind the implicit bias in healthcare.
ren's review against another edition
2.0
it fell flat for me, there were definitely things of merit but i felt like the trans/nb inclusion was a tickbox at best and could have been expanded on. it would've been interesting to see the parallels between how cis women's health has been pushed to the side for centuries, and how this is also happening to gender non conforming people.
i think this book would mean a lot more to you if you have endo, as thats a big focus of the book.
i think this would be better read by picking out the bits you're interested in, rather than cover to cover. i couldn't skim as it was on audio. it was quite repetitive.
The subject matter was interesting but just not for me, this one i think!
i think this book would mean a lot more to you if you have endo, as thats a big focus of the book.
i think this would be better read by picking out the bits you're interested in, rather than cover to cover. i couldn't skim as it was on audio. it was quite repetitive.
The subject matter was interesting but just not for me, this one i think!