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The History of Hysteria and How it Impacts You | Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida

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When we look at the history of medicine, dating back into antiquity, there has always been one consistent variable: women rarely receive medical justice. Responsibility was often placed on the woman for their medical conditions, and only now are many of the conditions that women suffer from starting to gain awareness and treatment options. While medical help is available to women and assigned female at birth people, there is still a significant number of individuals who cannot receive medical diagnoses, are invalidated by medical practitioners, and feel the weight of stigma surrounding reproductive and pelvic illnesses. One particular “illness” has travelled through history and followed women despite their progress towards equality. It is responsible for much of the stigma and obstacles women must overcome to receive medical treatment, and is historically known as Female Hysteria, due to having affected mostly women. For the purpose of this article, we’re just going to refer to it as h

The History of Hysteria and How it Impacts You | Planned Parenthood of Florida Go to Content When we look at the history of medicine, dating back into antiquity, there has always been one consistent variable: women rarely receive medical justice. Responsibility was often placed on the woman for their medical conditions, and only now are many of the conditions that women suffer from starting to gain awareness and treatment options. While medical help is available to women and assigned female at birth people, there is still a significant number of individuals who cannot receive medical diagnoses

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