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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
24 reviews
chronically_theo's review
3.75
Graphic: Medical content, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Classism, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Cancer
missb_reads's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Classism
radfordmanor's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Slavery, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual content, Drug use, and Miscarriage
catherineleigh's review
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abortion, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Classism
Minor: Infertility, Rape, and Cancer
solliereads's review
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
gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Abortion, Death, and Infertility
Minor: Cancer, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Miscarriage
dragnfary's review against another edition
4.5
It was very interesting learning how we have gotten to where we are todaymedi
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Classism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Abortion, Medical content, and Slavery
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Violence, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, and Torture
midnarose's review against another edition
4.0
Elinor Cleghorn definitely did her research and wrote the information in such a way that it was intriguing, entertaining (even if some topics are difficult- they make you mad at the world), and educational. A lot of the topics I already knew about (being a women), but little tidbits of information here and there were new and enlightening (also frustrating that men and people were idiots in the past in regard to a women's health and with what's going on in the world and the USA I don't think they have learned anything).
I think this book is a great read for any Women, especially if they feel like they are not heard by their doctors. It was a great history on medicine in regard to women's health and summarized how we got to current medical practices for women today and what still needs to be worked on. I would love to see more people in the health science fields (doctors , nurses, medical research scientists, health policy makers etc) read this book and talk about these topics to try and fill up the short comings in the medical systems around the world which have been caused by having a highly male based system.
This book shows that medicine has come a long way from considering women sinful for having periods which allows them to kill animals with a stare, or diagnosing women with "hysteria" for everything. However, Medicine still has a long way to go as women are still highly misdiagnosed or there symptoms and pain are over looked as being over exaggerations. And sadly in many places in the world women's rights to their own bodies are still being fought for.
This was a great read and I would recommend to anyone to read, just be warned you may get angry at the stupid priests in the 1600 century and most male doctors throughout the centuries following (like no sorry I do not have poison powers when I have my period, I can not touch you and give you leprosy, but hey I wish I did have super powers during my period it would make the pain so much more barrable) .
Moderate: Rape
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
burdasnest's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Abortion, Miscarriage, Blood, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Rape, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Slavery