Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy by medical sociologist Andréa Becker is out this month through New York University Press. Although hysterectomies are common worldwide procedures, they are not a mainstay topic of public discourse. Considering the droves of subjects that are affected by hysterectomies, they should be! This important project explores the politics and experiences of hysterectomy subjects via an analysis of medical history combined with interviews. One of Becker’s major aims was to illuminate the lack of agency around reproductive health experienced by so many who undergo or are considering a hysterectomy. Below we’ve linked you to an interview with Becker on the podcast New Books With Miranda Melcher. If you can spare a half hour, pop in those ear buds my sexual subjects and give it a whirl!
1 out of 5 people born with a uterus will have it removed
