Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson
The health version of Invisible Women, this book lifts the lid about how at every level of medicine, medical research, government funding, and education, women's minds and bodies are controlled by a lack of access to everything.
Gabrielle Jackson pulls no punches in this timely and anger-inducing book which explores how our culture treats women in medical and social contextsFrom medical research to bedside manners, women's pain and disease is not taken as seriously as men's (one in 10 women worldwide have endometriosis 'the silent disease' and yet it receives just 5% of the funding of diabetes). Exploring how the patriarchy has systematically swept aside women's needs both historically and now, Jackson rightly calls for a huge cultural shift backing up her research with moving first-hand accounts and shocking statistics. -- Francesca Brown * Stylist *
What Jackson details in her book is how women are - historically, and to the present day - under-served by the systems that should keep us healthy, happy and informed about our bodies. -- Nicole Mowbray * Metro *
This book could not be more timely or important. -- Katharine Viner * the Guardian *
Gabrielle Jackson is a brilliant journalist and a wonderful feminist, and incapable of being dull. -- Emily Wilson * New Scientist *
A major contribution to feminist writing of the 21st century -- Caroline de Costa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
What Jackson details in her book is how women are - historically, and to the present day - under-served by the systems that should keep us healthy, happy and informed about our bodies. -- Nicole Mowbray * Metro *
This book could not be more timely or important. -- Katharine Viner * the Guardian *
Gabrielle Jackson is a brilliant journalist and a wonderful feminist, and incapable of being dull. -- Emily Wilson * New Scientist *
A major contribution to feminist writing of the 21st century -- Caroline de Costa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
Gabrielle Jackson is the opinion editor for Guardian Australia. She was previously a senior reporter for The Hoopla and her work has appeared in the Village Voice, CNN, The Sydney Morning Herald and New Matilda.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349424552 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349424551 |
| Title | Pain and Prejudice |
| Author | Gabrielle Jackson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2019-11-14 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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