• Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    And women who had “hysteria” were given lobotomies.

    Theres a reason there is still a large cohort of older folks to follow the taboo on therapy: “I’m not crazy, I don’t need therapy”. Because in the good ole days they just locked and chained up or lobotomized anyone with divergence.

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      13 hours ago

      Women who had “hysteria” is also why vibrators were invented, because the 19th century treatment for hysteria was hysterical paroxysm through manual stimulation - aka giving her an orgasm by playing with her bits. The vibrator was originally a labor-saving device for doctors.