{"id":771,"date":"2023-09-29T15:58:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2023-09-29T15:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:58:54","slug":"sexism-kills-medical-misogyny-and-ignorance-of-the-female-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/29\/sexism-kills-medical-misogyny-and-ignorance-of-the-female-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexism kills: Medical Misogyny and Ignorance of the Female Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;And Victorian doctors like <a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/5914350\/vibrators-and-clitoridectomies-how-victorian-doctors-took-control-of-womens-orgasms\">Isaac Baker-Brown<\/a> often performed non-consensual clitoridectomies on women, which involved removing the clitoris to prevent masturbation and make \u201cintractable women\u201d into \u201chappy wives.\u201d\u00a0 This barbaric practice continued in the West up until the mid-20<sup>th<\/sup>century: in 1944, a Michigan girl\u2014only 12 years old\u2014went to her doctor to be treated for hysteria.\u00a0 In the exam room, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/5914350\/vibrators-and-clitoridectomies-how-victorian-doctors-took-control-of-womens-orgasms\">an attendant clamped an ether-soaked rag over her mouth from behind.\u00a0 When she woke up, her clitoris was gone.\u00a0 \u2018They tried to keep me from masturbating,\u2019 she said.<\/a>\u201d . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>READ MORE of this article by Anastasia Lacina:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-fordham-political-review wp-block-embed-fordham-political-review\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/fordhampoliticalreview.org\/sexism-kills-medical-misogyny-and-ignorance-of-female-bodies\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medical Disclaimer<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.&nbsp; I am not a medical doctor.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And Victorian doctors like Isaac Baker-Brown often performed non-consensual clitoridectomies on women, which involved removing the clitoris to prevent masturbation and make \u201cintractable women\u201d into \u201chappy wives.\u201d\u00a0 This barbaric practice continued in the West up until the mid-20thcentury: in 1944, a Michigan girl\u2014only 12 years old\u2014went to her doctor to be treated for hysteria.\u00a0 In the exam room, \u201can attendant clamped an ether-soaked rag over her mouth from behind.\u00a0 When she woke up, her clitoris was gone.\u00a0 \u2018They tried to keep me from masturbating,\u2019 she said.\u201d . . . READ MORE of this article by Anastasia Lacina: Medical Disclaimer:&nbsp;The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.&nbsp; I am not a medical doctor.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,21],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}