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The controversy of female hysteria https://www.medicalnewstoday…
The controversy of female hysteria
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria
Ancient Greece
womb wanders around body --> ailments
Causes and symptoms
1700
illness spread through air
mainly women: irritable and lazy
symptoms
difficulty breathing or swallowing
yawning
cold extremities
laughing or crying
close and driving pulse
delirium
abundant and clear pee
cause: sexual deprivation
cure: mesmerism
1800
cure
men: excercise
women: rest
no physical/intellectual activity
The Yellow Wallpaper
symptoms
sleepwalking
double personalities
involuntary convulsions
Sigmund Freud
founder of psychoanalysis
conversion of psychological into physical symptoms
erotic supression
trauma not necessary
sexuality
doctors connected genitalia with mental problems
no proof of vibrators being used
conclusion
problematic
unclear umbrella term
not enough medical knowledge (about women)
reinforces stereotypes
used by men