Medical Misogyny: How Patriarchy Makes Women Sick

A guide to women's heart attack symptoms

Additional Reading:
Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective
designmom.substack.com/p/day-four-at-the-hospital

Sources:
“Unwell Women, with Dr. Elinor Cleghorn” — Breaking Down Patriarchy
“The History of Gender Medicine Shows Why Women Need Their Own Health Research” — TIME
“How Gender Bias in Medicine Has Shaped Women’s Health” — Harvard Medical School Magazine
“Why Women Aren’t Believed About Their Health” — The New York Times
“Medical misogyny is leaving women in unnecessary pain and undiagnosed for years” — UK Parliament Women and Equalities Committee
“Gender Bias in Medicine and Its Impact” — Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
“Sex Inequalities in Medical Research” — National Library of Medicine
“Gender Bias in Healthcare Is Very Real — and Sometimes Fatal” — Healthline
“Clinicians Dismiss Black Women’s Pain. The Consequences Are Dire.” — Capital B
“Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment” — National Academy of Sciences
“A Closer Look at Negative Interactions Experienced by Women in Health Settings” – KFF
“What witches have to do with women’s health” – Salon
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology – Deirdre Cooper Owens

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