Manufacturing misdiagnoses

The Gender Imprint Under the White Coat: Your Body, a Second-Class Citizen in the Lab.

Beware of imperceptible medical exploitation and reclaim the right to define your own body. This is a gender revolution in the medical discourse system. In this book, you will see a century of struggle after the awakening of sexual rights and the feminist breakthrough in the technological revolution.

When you search for "women's health" issues, a flood of information seems to teach you how to "be a qualified uterus." Now, it's time for the scalpel to point to the roots of power.

※Editor's Recommendation※

 Jointly recommended by Wu Xiaoying, Council Member of the Chinese Sociological Association and Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Lai Lili, Member of the American Anthropological Association and Professor at the School of Medical Humanities, Peking University; and Tu Jiong, Professor at the School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University.

 This book is a fatal blow to the prejudice that "women are inherently inferior in a biological sense," and an urgent call that "pain is not being dramatic, but a cry for help."

Misdiagnosed dissects the dark side of medical history with the sharpness of a scalpel: from ancient Greece where doctors believed a wandering uterus caused disease, to the absurd 19th-century theories of the uterus and ovaries as female "biological defects," to modern clinics where doctors easily attribute women's chest pain, hot flashes, and insomnia to menopause. Medicine has long regarded the female body as a "problematic vessel" requiring discipline.

 As the "pink economy" becomes increasingly intertwined with commercial gimmicks, Misdiagnosed reminds us that genuine women's health care should be built on listening to women's voices and acknowledging their physical needs, rather than dissecting their bodies into profitable "parts."

Up to 47% of American women with menopausal hot flashes are misdiagnosed with anxiety. We need to be wary of the "she-economy" industrial chain under medicine: from exorbitant antidepressants to excessively promoted gynecological surgeries, from setting up private umbilical cord blood storage accounts to egg donation…

 Today, with "reproductive freedom" and "bodily autonomy" becoming focal points of public opinion, Misdiagnosed transcends a narrow medical perspective and places women's health issues within a broader social context.

HPV vaccine coverage in impoverished countries is less than 25%, news of professional women being forced to resign due to pregnancy and childbirth is common, and in discussions of legalizing surrogacy, women's bodies are openly commodified…

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※Content Introduction※

This book is a profound sociological work that explores the female body in relation to medicine and science, and also an inspiring and touching enlightenment on the predicament of the female body. Many women harbor shame and guilt about their own bodies. We ignore our discomfort, misunderstand our bodies, actively suppress our true physical feelings, and even always endure and digest all offenses. In fact, the female body is by no means shameful or embarrassing; the pain and discomfort we feel are real. Our bodies are calling us to understand their true needs, face their predicaments, and thereby recognize our true selves.

On the journey of understanding the body and its predicaments, we will find that every part of our body is being neglected and misunderstood, not just the uterus and menstrual periods, but also chronic diseases, heart problems, bones, and so on. As we gain a deeper understanding of our bodies and their true situation, we will gain unprecedented strength to say "no" to everything that offends the body, to truly value our bodies and ourselves, to transcend physical limitations, and to rediscover beauty.

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Celebrity Endorsements

 This book is truly excellent… there is so much we need to re-examine, and medicine has a long way to go in supporting, rather than neglecting, half the world's population. — Helen Pankhurst, British women's rights activist, recipient of the Order of the British Empire

 An important topic that urgently needs discussion. — Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art Without Men

 Provides a valuable sociological perspective on women's bodies and health, and paints a better future for everyone, a particularly valuable (and optimistic) view. — Gina Rippon, British neurobiologist, author of The Gendered Brain

Media Reviews

 This book is incredibly informative, and simmering with anger… its technique and approach are surgically precise! — Irish Times

 This is a groundbreaking book. — Evening Standard

 A must-read. — Daily Express

 Her analysis is objective, and her research is rigorous. — The Times

 Marilynne Bigge is fair-minded in her evidence analysis and meticulous in her research. — The Telegraph

 A direct look at women's health issues. — Financial Times

2025-06-01

北京科学技术出版社

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