The Gender Health Gap & Impact Of Bias In Healthcare

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Uncharted Bodies: Exploring The Gender Health Gap

Uncharted Bodies: Exploring The Gender Health Gap

Uncharted Bodies: Exploring The Gender Health Gap

How Can We Know So Little About Clitorises?

I Have A Chronic Illness – But Doctors Told Me It Was Anxiety

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

My GP Dismissed My Endometriosis Pain Because I Don’t Want A Baby Yet

Are Metaphors Key To Understanding Women’s Pain?

There is an unforgettable line in Diane Hoffmann and Anita Tarzian’s 2001 study, “The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of

by Vicky Spratt

Uncharted Bodies

It Now Takes Even Longer To Get An Endometriosis Diagnosis

When she was 19, Brittnee started to experience painful sex. “That’s when my endometriosis started impacting my daily life and relationships, thoug

by Vicky Spratt

I Had A Stroke At 20 Because Of The Pill

It’s time we all had a frank conversation about hormonal contraception. At present, around 3 million women in England are taking the combined contracepti

by Jessica Phillips

Uncharted Bodies

How Can We Know More About Erectile Dysfunction Than PMS?

“It’s just sort of like a folklore thing, PMS,” says Charlie. “It’s like, your mother had PMS, and her mother had PMS, and all these

by Natasha Preskey

Uncharted Bodies

I Was Told My PMDD Was Bipolar & Nearly Lost My Life Because Of It

Warning: This article includes descriptions of suicidal ideation. “I wouldn’t have made it until my next birthday,” Hannah* tells Refinery29.

by Jess Commons

Uncharted Bodies

What Causes PMDD? Yeah, They Don’t Know

Disrupted sleep, anxiety, tearfulness, irritability, breast tenderness, food cravings, fatigue, bloating, headaches, brain fog, clumsiness: these are just

by Eleanor Morgan

Uncharted Bodies

I Was Told To Keep My PCOS Secret Because No Man Would Marry Me

Thirty-one-year-old Neelam Heera is the founder of Cysters, a Birmingham-based group dedicated to supporting individuals and improving the health, educatio

Uncharted Bodies

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Fuelled My Eating Disorder

Zoe Bennett, 28, was in intensive therapy for an eating disorder and sincerely trying to recover when some reservations began to arise about her weight gai

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Uncharted Bodies

Hysterical Women: Why Is Hormonal Contraception Still Failing Us?

Reproductive autonomy as we know it today began on 15th October 1951 with a Mexican wild yam root. Dr Carl Djerassi (also known as the father of the pill)

by Vicky Spratt

Uncharted Bodies

Will I Ever Know Why I React So Badly To The Pill?

Warning: This article includes descriptions of suicidal ideation. I was sitting still on the sofa but everything around me was moving. I couldn’t make it

by Vicky Spratt

Uncharted Bodies

“Have You Tried Wine?” Why Doctors Urgently Need Vagi...

In 2018, The Week ran an essay that went viral. Its argument was that we live in a culture “that sees female pain as normal and male pleasure as a ri

Uncharted Bodies

Vaginismus: I Was Passed From Doctor To Doctor Before Being Diagn...

Like many juicy stories, this one starts with a hook-up. I was very, very drunk and had gone back to a guy’s house. When he tried to put his penis inside

Uncharted Bodies

How Can We Not Know What Causes Endometriosis?

In December 2009, two years after I was sexually assaulted in a bathroom stall on a night out, I was hospitalised for acute abdominal pain associated with

by Lucia Osborne-Cro...

Uncharted Bodies

What It’s Like To Have Endometriosis Surgery

I never imagined I could be excited about having an operation. Hanging about a cold hospital in paper knickers before waking up to a sore stomach full of s

by RACHEL ENGLAND

Uncharted Bodies

Uncharted Bodies: Why We’re Exploring The Gender Health Gap

It was a damp but tepid morning in early March as winter gave way to spring. Coronavirus dominated the headlines and news broadcasts but the overriding mes

by Vicky Spratt