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A review by moonchildx
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
5.0
“Besides, I don’t know if I’m going to get married, or if I’m going to have children. Or maybe I’ll die before I get to do any of that. Why do I have to deny myself something I want right now to prepare for a future that may or may not come?”
“I don’t understand. Half the population in the world goes through this every month. If a pharmaceutical company were to develop an effective pill specifically for menstrual cramps, not the ‘pain medication’ that makes you sick, they would make a fortune.”
The book was easy to read but still envoked sadness and anger in me as i read it. Following Jiyoung through stages of her life narrated by Jiyoung’s psychiatrist, while she is facing systemic misogyny, gender inequality and sexism. The sad reality many women faced and still are facing up to this day, showing the very slow changes in patriarchy, loss of individualistic identity, the strength of women and what they have to endure with societal expectations put on them.
“I don’t understand. Half the population in the world goes through this every month. If a pharmaceutical company were to develop an effective pill specifically for menstrual cramps, not the ‘pain medication’ that makes you sick, they would make a fortune.”
The book was easy to read but still envoked sadness and anger in me as i read it. Following Jiyoung through stages of her life narrated by Jiyoung’s psychiatrist, while she is facing systemic misogyny, gender inequality and sexism. The sad reality many women faced and still are facing up to this day, showing the very slow changes in patriarchy, loss of individualistic identity, the strength of women and what they have to endure with societal expectations put on them.