Ep 053 - The Yellow Wallpaper / The Lottery
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The History of Hysteria
Female hysteria was like a huge thing that, you know, dates back centuries and it became really a really popular diagnosis in the 19th century when this kind of idea of the frail woman took over. There were all sorts of treatments for it that involved some of which involved like early vibrator treatments,. This describes me when you say vibrator treatments. It's not the word I'm looking for, but the kind of frail woman, the ideal of this frail woman kind of took over.
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