Friday, June 25, 2021

Good thing the medical profession can evolve

"The gender pain gap has gone on for too long – it's time we closed it" | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033400-100-the-gender-pain-gap-has-gone-on-for-too-long-its-time-we-closed-it/

"Although hysteria as a diagnosis is thankfully obsolete, health professionals still evoke it when they judge a woman’s expressions of pain to be neither credible nor valuable. We must learn from the case of J. S. and aim to put an end to the gender pain gap."

~ E. Cleghorn

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