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‘Maybe it’s your birth control’: My GP, M.E, and the fight to be believed

December 12, 2018November 30, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Dawn Smith

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‘Making it up to get out of household chores’: the devastating aftermath of vaginal mesh

November 22, 2018November 25, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Kath Sansom, founder of the Sling the Mesh campaign. Content warning: mention of self-harm

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Hysterical Women of the Week: 28 October

October 28, 2018November 22, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Slightly later than usual, here’s this week’s roundup of sexism in women’s healthcare

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‘It’s all in your head’: a 16 year wait to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia

October 24, 2018November 22, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Sarah Cope

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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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