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A review by elles_books
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain
3.0
The title and description is a bit misleading and the book barely scratches the surface of women's struggles in the healthcare system, but still worth the read - especially if you aren't familiar with the topic and/or a man.
Still annoyed that the largest chapter of the book emphasised "how am i supposed to be expected to care for my children since the pandemic closed down childcare facilities?" as if you didn't make a conscious choice to have children and the role of a parent is to... care for them? I understand in the context of working parents, having to take time off etc, and women being more likely to be the stay-at-home parent and returning to a 1950s-esque-housewife-while-the man-goes-to-work scenario, but it just felt a little weird. Like yeah, you chose to have children and now you have to care for your child? Shocking concept i know.
Still annoyed that the largest chapter of the book emphasised "how am i supposed to be expected to care for my children since the pandemic closed down childcare facilities?" as if you didn't make a conscious choice to have children and the role of a parent is to... care for them? I understand in the context of working parents, having to take time off etc, and women being more likely to be the stay-at-home parent and returning to a 1950s-esque-housewife-while-the man-goes-to-work scenario, but it just felt a little weird. Like yeah, you chose to have children and now you have to care for your child? Shocking concept i know.