The stitch-up : how medical misogyny harms us all
Szewczak, Calder2025
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As Emma was being sewn up following the birth of her second child, the midwife paused, looked up and said the worst thing anyone has ever said to her: 'Your vagina's fallen out'. After receiving a vague diagnosis of 'prolapse', she spent the next two years being shunted between specialists. The solutions on offer ranged from kegels to hysterectomy and even labia trimming. Some doctors simply shrugged and said there was nothing they could do. Women around her spoke of similar experiences: mothers told that pain was the price of parenthood; trans women blamed for 'wanting a vagina in the first place'; Black women disbelieved and dismissed; intersex men and women lied to by their doctors. 'The Stitch-Up' tells their stories, and calls for better research, healthcare options, language and treatment, arguing that being female should never be a death sentence.
Main title:
The stitch-up : how medical misogyny harms us all / Emma Szewczak and Andrzej Harris.
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Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2025.London : Chatto & Windus, 2025.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784744915 (hbk)
Dewey class:
613.04244
Language:
English
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BRN:
3032461