Hysterical Literature
Girls on Porn
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The Oedipus Complex
There were different approaches to healing it in the 1850s. The hysteria is so obviously a symptom of the patriarchy, right? Like it's a symptom of like being objectified in a form of property and having no agency over your own life. There was also a theory that connects to hysteria where they called it the wandering womb. And then Edward Jordan in 1603, author of the suffocation of the mother used a serious explanation for any mysterious medical issue women might be facing.
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