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All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us about Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen
19 reviews
tamara_joy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Dementia, and Pregnancy
shayrawd's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
2.0
as many other people have mentioned, there are some fact dumps but not a lot of actual solutions to the problems. a lot of the points are also painfully reiterated too many times.
lastly, the lack of intersectionality and the inclusion of harmful comments about trans individuals is just not acceptable. so much of medicine and research lacks intersectionality and the fact that the author only really touched on one “type” of woman/person with a uterus, is just not okay. it leaves so many groups of people out of this very important conversation and perpetuates ignorance about other groups.
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy
emelynreads's review against another edition
4.75
Fascinating and informative book about how the patriarchy has negatively affected women's health for centuries and the level of care we receive today. The writing is an excellent balance of detailed information with engaging humor filled with sarcasm that had me laughing out loud which was a nice reprieve from the horrifying things we learn about the Western medical system.
Each chapter is roughly 30 pages and includes bolded quotes that really set the tone for the following passage. I did try the audio book but missed the emphasized quotes in the physical copy.
I was disappointed that the author chose to highlight a Dylan Mulvaney quote and compare it male sentiment of women's "hysteria". I want to understand if the author's intention was to invalidate her experience or if the author was demonstrating that even women perpetuate the misconceptions about women (which the author admits to doing a few times). I'm choosing to believe the latter as I haven't found terfy evidence elsewhere, and it's followed up by the author admitting to doing the same but this feels disrespectful.
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
blonde_bean's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
aqtbenz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
brynpemery's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
maddy4prezident's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism
cbee22's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content