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Birth Control
- Author
- Allison Yarrow
- Narrator
- Vanessa Johansson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 29 October 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Ever since doctors stole control of birth from midwives in the nineteenth century, women have been steamrolled by a male-dominated medical establishment that has everyone convinced that birthing bodies are inherently flawed and that every pregnancy is a crisis that it alone can "solve." Misogyny and racism, not scientific evidence and support, shape the overwhelming majority of America's four million annual births.
Drawing on extensive reporting, expert interviews, an original survey of 1,300 mothers, and her own personal experiences, Yarrow documents how modern maternal health care is insidiously, purposefully designed to take power from women to the detriment of their physical and mental health—not just during labor, but for years after. She then shows a better way, exploring solutions both cutting-edge and ancient to—finally—return power and control to birthing people.
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- Author
- Allison Yarrow
- Narrator
- Vanessa Johansson
- Duration
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9798855506600
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Feminism and feminist theory, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parenting: advice and issues, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues
Synopsis
Modern medicine should make pregnancy and childbirth safer for all. But in Birth Control, award-winning journalist Allison Yarrow reveals how women are controlled, traumatized, injured, and even killed because of the traditionalist practices of medical professionals and hospitals.Ever since doctors stole control of birth from midwives in the nineteenth century, women have been steamrolled by a male-dominated medical establishment that has everyone convinced that birthing bodies are inherently flawed and that every pregnancy is a crisis that it alone can "solve." Misogyny and racism, not scientific evidence and support, shape the overwhelming majority of America's four million annual births.Drawing on extensive reporting, expert interviews, an original survey of 1,300 mothers, and her own personal experiences, Yarrow documents how modern maternal health care is insidiously, purposefully designed to take power from women to the detriment of their physical and mental health—not just during labor, but for years after. She then shows a better way, exploring solutions both cutting-edge and ancient to—finally—return power and control to birthing people.
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