Another book giving excellent information about women’s/AFAB folks’ sexual health.

I am continually mind boggled that this isn’t stuff that we are told about at any point, and that I have to do my own research about my own body.

This book was great because it starts with a history of women’s health and how misunderstood and unstudied it’s been for so long. It talks about diagnoses of hysteria back in the day, and then the rest of the book looks at the various medical conditions that would have been considered hysteria.

One of the historical diagnoses for women that I find both hilarious and horrifying is the “wandering womb”. Doctors legit thought that the uterus just moved around the body and caused trouble if it was unhappy (because it wasn’t growing a baby). To make it happy you just had to use it for it’s intended use, but you may have to coax it out with sweet treats and honey. Hilarious, but horrifying that male doctors actually thought this! Like, what the actual fuck?!?

Very good read, highly recommend.