Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Eve How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

5 reviews

bmpicc's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Some sections felt more evidence based than other, but it was still all fascinating. Particular points of interest for me included learning that males and females react differently to pain medications, and the how & why behind the evolution of reproduction for some animals; I'm looking at you mallard ducks. The female body is seriously incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

nornors's review against another edition

adventurous informative relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

monicaa_d's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

A really fantastic book about how evolution has shaped the female body. The author doesn't shy away from difficult questions - are men smarter than women? Stronger? Are we made to be monogamous?- but dives headfirst into the research in order to find an answer, whatever it may be. 

The stories about the various Eves were so vivid and touching, and even with the earliest, four-legged mammal, I felt a connection and an admiration for the little animal that came before us. It was interesting to note that when discussing our ancestors, the author used "Eves" or feminine pronouns- you don't notice how strongly the lens is on the male body until the narrative shifts and it feels out of the ordinary. 

The book relates mainly to genetically XX and XY individuals, but the author is careful to point out that 1) sex is not the same as gender, and 2) there are more biological sexes than the XX and XY "norm". She includes any relevant research on queer bodies when available, but notes the lack of research available and the need for further study into different types of bodies. 

I learned some seriously gross body facts, but was hooked the whole way through. 

Enjoyability  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Impact ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Abortion

ninjamuse's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

haleybre's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, and Pregnancy