The Stitch-Up : How Medical Misogyny Harms Us All

Exposing shocking scandals of medical misogyny worldwide, The Stitch-Up is a rallying cry for vaginal healthcare'Inspiring and invigorating' JULIA BUENO'Deeply unsettling and affecting' CATHERINE AIREYGot endometriosis?You should have a baby!Painful post-birth prolapse? Well, you had a baby. Let down by doctors? Try our wellness candle!Episiotomy scar? Why not trim your labia too?It's a stitch-up. And we demand better. As Emma was being sewn up following the birth of her second child, the midwife paused, looked up, and said the worst thing anyone has ever said to her- 'Your vagina's fallen out.'After receiving a vague diagnosis of 'prolapse', she spent the next two years being shunted between specialists.The solutions on offer ranged from kegels to hysterectomy and even labia trimming.Some doctors simply shrugged and said there was nothing they could do. Women around her spoke of similar experiences- mothers told that pain was the price of parenthood; trans women blamed for 'wanting a