This expanded on some of the knowledge I already had of historical medicine. I wish she didn't reference her cancer patients as often as she did - at times the cases didn't feel like they related. There was also a little more repetitiveness than I would have liked, making it feel at times like it was trying to meet a page count. I would be curious to read more from Comen - she has great timing for humour within serious topics.

5 stars! This book is so important! This book was eye opening and very informative. I love the way the author presented the information. Highly recommend!

As a woman who has required medical care for a challenging illness, this book was a long-desired acknowledgment of the poor “it’s all in your head” treatment that many doctors have doled out rather than kindly admitting “I don’t know, but we’ll find a way.” I alternated between wanting to throw this book across the room with crying because I felt seen.
This is an important book that I hope will be discussed among medical professionals. It’s a gift to misunderstood female patients.

My thanks to NetGalley and Harper Wave and Harper Business publishers for allowing access to a digital ARC.

I like it, and it was informative, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought it would. It does a deep dive into every study that needs to be redone with a woman in mind.

This book is so excellent and infuriating at the same time. I'm not shocked and yet I was at the mistreatment of women by the medical profession over the years. what was worse were the stories from this century including those within the past few years! Aaargh. A positive addition to any library's health book section.

I enjoyed (and was so frustrated by) the content in this book, Just when I think I've heard it all, a book like this comes along and makes me angry about how women/afab people have been treated in the medical world. I hope we can really learn from stories like this and make things better for the future. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC of this book.

It's always a mixture of irritation, betrayal, and so many other feelings when learning just how woman have been repressed in the past and still are. This goes gives information about medical misogyny and is broken down into different body systems. I think it was well done. It was an interesting read and seemed well informed, but I also think that it could've done with a more sensitivity reader for trans women, who also still face medical repression as well.

a deep dive into the annals of medical misogyny, from the long ago past to the present.

This was a great non fiction read. I thought the organization via body system was stellar and made it really easy to follow. The writing was accessible and engaging which isn’t always the case for medical non fiction.

My main complaint was that it was very cisheteronormative. The only time trans people were mentioned were in regard to HRT, and i thought the author spoke crassly about it. I think this could have used a trans sensitivity reader.

I really got so much out of this book! As a female with a chronic illness, I've been the "victim" of misinformed medical doctors and medical sexism for quite a while. While disheartening to read how many people are treated this way and neglected by the medical field, the history and evolution of this care was very interesting to read. Will be purchasing for the collection.