A review by eren_reads
Pain and Prejudice: A Call to Arms for Women and Their Bodies by Gabrielle Jackson

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.