Feminism 101

If you don't come away from reading this book, a feminist, I don't know what to say. This was a fantastic book. I learnt so much about how women's health has been viewed throughout history and have already recommended this to people.

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Medical misogyny beautifully dissected

An incredible, vital, and shocking yet not surprising truth of ingrained misogyny in the medical industry and social psyche.
As someone with trauma as a result of medical sexism, this book so aptly unveils the horrific history that had brought us to where we are today. Inspite the density of research in this book, it is so beautifully and creatively written that it never feels like a slog of information. I can't even fathom the amount of work this must have taken to research and write, but I thank Elinor from the bottom of my heart for doing the work to lay out the historical implications.
It is harrowing to hear how so many women have suffered, yet empowering to know that my experiences of a woman in the medical industry is mirrored through so many other stories. It is not in my head, I am not being sensitive.
The narration and pace is also just so engaging, ai adore Hanako, just an incredible book to listen to all round.
I highly recommend this book to absolutely everyone, anyone with a uterus or without.

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LISTEN TO THIS BOOK

As a medical student, and as a woman, this book is absolutely brilliant in understanding how women have been (and are still) treated (or not treated) in medicine. Beautifully written, and an empowering piece of literature.

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Such an important work!

Elinor Cleghorn has done the work to succinctly outline the way the medical institution has failed and harmed women due to a world view that sees men as normal and women as somehow subversive.

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Medicine still has a long way to go towards equality

Very insightful book about women and their symptom histories. Doctors egos being more important than truely listening to patients stories. The gaps still present in modern day medicine and research around women's health and wellbeing.

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A book I've always felt I needed to know about

A very informative and engaging account of Women's Health history, I'm a proud survivor of many health and trauma related issues. Thank you for bringing this book to light and I wish the author all the best for her future 😁

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Evidence Based Slay of the Medical Industry

Interesting insight to the origins of many women's focused medical treatments, associations, assumptions and discriminations.

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Cognitive dissonance spoils a good book

The book is about how women (females) have been oppressed because of their biological sex by imposing sexist stereotypes and assumptions (gender) on them. It articulates how women have erased and ignored in medical knowledge and research and asserts that females are biologically different to males and require different health care. However, the book is scattered with inconsistent and contradictory terminology that conflates sex with gender and refers to women as 'people with vaginas'. The book also does not address the current wave of experimental medicalisation of young women who do not conform to gender stereotypes. This is a failed opportunity because what is happening now is clearly underpinned by the historical misogyny described in the book.

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Almost Excellent

I agreed with so much of what this book was talking about. I do not think that gender ideology belongs in a book about women’s health though. This book spoke at length of the biological reality and socialization and oppression faced by women so that felt like a slap in the face.

I did enjoy the rest of the book and feel it’s an important topic to explore though.

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This should have been epic...

The author lost me when she started dragging gender ideology into a book that's meant to be about natal females in the first chapter. The author clearly missed the mark when I felt disempowered by a book meant to be about medical gaslighting of biological females over the centuries. I agree with the other reviewer, the cognitive dissonance stopped this from being excellent. Such is the world of identity politics and cancel culture that WOMEN cannot even have our own book abour our own experiences of not being believed. I'm saddened and repulsed by the authors lack of bravery to stand up against cancel culture and address what this book should have.

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