A review by ogglogs
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

4.0

god this took me ages! i struggle to physically read non-fiction, much preferring to listen to them as an audiobook, but this was worth the persistence!! this book managed to tackle medical misogyny without being essentialist about what it means to be a woman. it was reasonably intersectional (although mostly dealing with the us and uk) and honestly just a great insight into why medical misogyny is still so present. it is a history book, which is not my favourite, so i took ages with the first part (it starts in ancient GREECE ffs!!) but as soon as it became more contemporary i was literally taking notes and folding down pages! the history was necessary to inform the present, but i found it.. a little dull. still a necessary and important read tho!