Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

16 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

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

savannahsshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

Really good read a bit repetitive at times but super interesting, very compelling, very sad but a very necessary history to hear about 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

princxporkchop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kylosten's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racial slurs

cleot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

My only criticism is that several of the quotes and anecdotes are repeated several times in their entirety, rather than just referencing the prior passage. Otherwise a very informative and important work. Brace yourself for some rough reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Infertility

Content warnings are in line with the experience of black and immigrant women in slavery and indenture who were used without their consent to serve as subjects in research in gynecology via non-anaesthetized surgeries, to include accounts of the abuse and sexual violence they experienced in advance of seeking medical care. Very graphic.

micaelacccc's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism

camille_abelanet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I thought this was a very well done book. It's shorter than I had anticipated, so I blazed through it in one day, but I really enjoyed learning about the history of gynecology, especially as it relates to race and gender.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

lyzz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Grief

julia_s's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Medical trauma