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Episode: Elinor Cleghorn: The Sacrifices Behind Women's Health
Description: Simplify is back! When you leave the doctor with a protocol for what ails you, do you wonder where the knowledge behind your prescription came from? In fact, we know how to treat today's woes thanks to the bodies of people who suffered—and nowhere is that data more inexact and editorialized than in women's health. Feminist cultural historian Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, who specializes in women’s health and its history, is just the person to set the story straight.
Her book, Unwell Women, demystifies myths around women’s health—stories about what women's bodies are for, whether pain is just a n...