Pain and prejudice : a call to arms for women and their bodies 9781760872137, 176087213X
'Women are in pain, all through their bodies; they're in pain with their periods, and while having sex; they h
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English Pages 354 Year 2019
Table of contents :
Introduction --
1 Repeat after me, vulva: the female reproductive system --
2 'Worse than the Loch Ness monster': menstruation and menopause --
3 From clitoridectomy to the talking cure: a history of hysteria --
4 Neither Madonna nor whore: rethinking female sexuality --
5 It's the culture, stupid: understanding modern medical practice --
6 'The pain that can't be seen': a new appreciation of women's pain --
7 Time to ditch the bikini: the women's health conditions you never hear about --
9 'Ripe for disruption': why medical science must improve its knowledge of women --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgements --
Notes --
Index.
