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It is amazing how, almost no matter the relative privilege you wield, the healthcare industry lines up to tell women their ailments are all in their head.
This is a function of many things, white male researcher and subjects amongst them, but goddamn, we need some massive structural reforms.
x1,000 if you are a poor woman of color
x1,000 if you are a poor woman of color
Take fibromyalgia, which seems to be basically “a term we created for (mostly) female pain we can’t explain. “
Or post-partum in pelvic floor pain which, let me tell you, can be totally dehabilitating, poorly understood and treated.
The list goes on and on...
Or post-partum in pelvic floor pain which, let me tell you, can be totally dehabilitating, poorly understood and treated.
The list goes on and on...
Medicine spent gazillions of dollars on erectile dysfunction but it ha precious little handle on PMS, or menopause, or fibroids, or endometriosis...
