Mandy Mangler: Das große Gyn Buch

KRAFTWERKE. Feminist-cultural week

The female perspective on obstetrics, gynaecology and science - the doctors Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler and Dr. Sophia Johnson in conversation about "The Great Gyn Book"

With "The Great Gyn Book", Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler has created a new standard work for women at all stages of life: It is intended to inform, advise and, above all, show the female perspective on topics in women's medicine. How can it be that the clitoris - women's organ of pleasure - has disappeared from textbooks for centuries? Who decided to put pregnant women on their backs to give birth instead of allowing them to use gravity and their own intuition? In what areas has the male perspective led to a health risk for women? These topics are not only the subject of Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler's new book, but will also be discussed in conversation with Dr. Sophia Johnson.
On this evening, not only the mind but also the senses will be addressed: The music of singer Annika Bosch will create emotional expansiveness; photographs of the placenta by Trevor Johnson will show how fascinating the human body and this very special female organ are. The speaker and puppeteer Heinrich Bennke will enrich the evening with his charismatic voice and read excerpts from the book. Together we will experience an inspiring exchange that will open up new perspectives on women's medicine and combine the art of healing with the fine arts.

Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler is head physician at two Berlin clinics for gynaecology and obstetrics with a focus on surgical therapies and gynaecological oncology. She teaches on the "Midwifery Science" course at the Evangelische Hochschule Berlin, is Chairwoman of the Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics Berlin and Chairwoman of the Berlin Chief Physicians of the BLFG e. V., and is also known from the Tagesspiegel podcast"Gyncast". In 2022, she was awarded the Berlin Women's Prize for her commitment to equality and diversity in medicine. Mandy Mangler has five children and lives in Berlin with her partner.

Dr. Sophia Johnson currently lives and works in Weimar with a focus on integrative general and women's medicine. She has spent years working intensively on the placenta as a healing agent (placentophagy) and completed her doctorate at the Placenta Laboratory at Jena University Hospital. For Sophia Johnson, medicine is multidimensional, lively and aesthetic.