Our weekly roundup of sexism and dismissal in women’s health
Hysterical Women of the Week: 9 June
chronic pain
‘Every woman harmed by mesh has been failed by the system. It is institutional betrayal’
Sling The Mesh founder Kath Sansom blogs on the campaign group’s recent protests
Ask Me About My Uterus: ‘If I’d had more resources and support, I would have had a different outcome’
Q&A with Abby Norman, author of Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest To Make Doctors Believe In Women’s Pain
Hysterical Women of the Week: 24 March
This weekend’s women’s health roundup
‘Maybe it’s your birth control’: My GP, M.E, and the fight to be believed
Guest post by Dawn Smith
‘Making it up to get out of household chores’: the devastating aftermath of vaginal mesh
Guest post by Kath Sansom, founder of the Sling the Mesh campaign. Content warning: mention of self-harm
Hysterical Women of the Week: 28 October
Slightly later than usual, here’s this week’s roundup of sexism in women’s healthcare
‘It’s all in your head’: a 16 year wait to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia
Guest post by Sarah Cope