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‘Aren’t the days of “doctor knows best” over?’: Why healthcare needs a feminist revolution

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Q&A with Jennifer Block, author of Everything Below The Waist: Why Health Care Needs A Feminist Revolution

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What global health can learn from feminism

February 8, 2019February 24, 2019 | Sarah Graham

A group of leading academics have called for a new, feminist approach to equality and global health, which goes further than addressing inequality through gender quotas

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A (wo)manifesto for Hysterical Women

October 9, 2018November 6, 2018 | Sarah Graham

Why women’s health is a feminist issue

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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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