Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

2 reviews

screechie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Information that should definitely be more common knowledge. There are some places in science where advancements & atrocities are woven together so tightly it’s hard to find the demarcation between them. There are also some where it is very, very clear that the knowledge gained wasn’t sought for out of curiosity with compassion, rather for personal advancement using every sadistic method available. Horror&gratitude nauseatingly intertwined after reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

isabellarob73's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion