48: Medicine’s Sex and Gender Bias. Part 3

Updated 4/2023. Part 3 - Why Is Pain Dismissed in Women and People Assigned Female at Birth? Amy and Brittany talk about: —assumptions and stereotypes specifically related to women, people AFAB, and illness —a brief overview of the history of hysteria and some ways illness in which women were viewed culturally in the past 150 years —a 2018 theory-guided literature review which looked into how gender bias and gender norms have affected medical treatment 🔗RESOURCES🔗 For clickable links to the resources below, go to www.insixteenyears.com/episode48 🔗Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick Book by Maya Dusenbery 🔗Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology Book by Deirdre Cooper Owens 🔗For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women Book by Barbara Ehrenreich 🔗The Makings of a Modern Epidemic: Endometriosis, Gender and Politics Book by Kate Seear 🔗Lecture Notes: Freud, “Aetiology of Hysteria” (1896) – Lecture notes from University of Washington Professor Richard T. Gray (Winter Quarter, 2016) 🔗Briggs, Laura. “The Race of Hysteria: ‘Overcivilization’ and the ‘Savage’ Woman in Late Nineteenth-Century Obstetrics and Gynecology.” American Quarterly, vol. 52, no. 2, 2000, pp. 246–273. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30041838. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020. 🔗Anke Samulowitz, Ida Gremyr, Erik Eriksson, Gunnel Hensing, ““Brave Men” and “Emotional Women”: A Theory-Guided Literature Review on Gender Bias in Health Care and Gendered Norms towards Patients with Chronic Pain”, Pain Research and Management, vol. 2018, Article ID 6358624, 14 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6358624 ☀️CONNECT WITH AMY☀️ Instagram @in16yearsofendo Website: www.insixteenyears.com Like my show? Please rate it or leave a review! Support me by buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/insixteenyears ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ The information on my platforms is educational information only and not medical advice. Always check with your qualified medical professional before making any changes to your treatment plan. Keep in mind that while I strive to share evidenced-based information, this doesn’t always mean that my information is accurate or complete. Read my full disclaimer here: https://insixteenyears.com/disclaimer/