Hysteria was probably the greatest “disease” ever thought up by a doctor. EVER.
Hysteria was probably the greatest “disease” ever thought up by a doctor. EVER. So let’s break it down. Hysteria comes from the Greek word ysteria, meaning womb. So only women could succumb to hysteria since were the only ones who are walking around with wombs. Women suffering from hysteria were diagnosed from a series of “symptoms” ranging from faintness, sexual desire, loss of sexual desire, water retention, insomnia and irritability. AKA me when im PMSing. So what was so great about Hysteria? For one, the treatment for hysteria was getting fingered by a doctor, or the “water treatment” which was a stream of water aimed directly at the clitoris. It was thought that climaxing would aid a woman in her fighting the disease. There are also court cases where a woman who killed her husband plead mental insanity on the grounds of hysteria and were let go. Keeping in mind that pretty much EVERYTHING a woman did was considered a “symptom” of hysteria, thats pretty much a get out of jail free card, no pun intended, for anything you wanted to do. Its like when old people get to say and do whatever they want because “they’re old” but you know that sometimes they’re just fucking with you. So lets bring it back, am I right ladies? Oh.. I have to climax so you better work harder or my hysteria might act up… You never know when I might snap…. AG -- source link
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