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Valentine’s Day 2019: Let’s talk about sex(ual dysfunction)

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Sam Evans, founder of luxury sex toy store Jo Divine

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‘Most doctors didn’t even look at me’: when misdiagnosis leads to cancer

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Clare Baumhauer 

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#SmearForSmear and the very real obstacles to cervical screening

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 | Sarah Graham

NHS cervical screening rates are at a 21 year low – how can healthcare professionals better support women to attend?

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‘The cervix has nothing to do with sex’: Beyond the smear

November 13, 2018November 22, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Kate Orson, founder of the Intact Cervix campaign

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Stop ovary-acting

Hysterical Women is a feminist blog founded by freelance health journalist Sarah Graham, to explore the sexism, paternalism, dismissal and disbelief surrounding women’s healthcare.

“Hysteria”, from the Greek word for uterus, hystera (ὑστέρα), was historically used to describe a range of emotional, mental, physical and sexual symptoms in women.

It’s no longer an accepted medical diagnosis, but the idea of ‘hysteria’ lives on. Often used interchangeably with ‘hormonal’, the word ‘hysterical’ is used to dismiss women as overly emotional or irrationally upset.

Ovary-acting, if you will.

But how much are our hormones really calling the shots, and how much is just plain old-fashioned sexism?

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