CONTENTS

Introduction

1 Repeat after me, vulva: the female reproductive system

2 ‘Worse than the Loch Ness monster’: menstruation and menopause

3 From clitoridectomy to the talking cure: a history of hysteria

4 Neither Madonna nor whore: rethinking female sexuality

5 It’s the culture, stupid: understanding modern medical practice

6 ‘The pain that can’t be seen’: a new appreciation of women’s pain

7 Time to ditch the bikini: the women’s health conditions you never hear about

8 ‘Ripe for disruption’: why medical science must improve its knowledge of women

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index