A young woman is pregnant with her second child. As a member of a minority population, her worth is immediately diminished, as many people believe members of her race are less intelligent and less valuable. Upon giving birth to her baby via cesarean section, doctors bully the woman into undergoing a sterilization procedure that will […]
Tag: medical malpractice
The Lingering Effects of Female Hysteria in Medicine
Human history can be defined by many threads, one being the millennia spent oppressing women’s bodies, minds and spirits. This has lasted and thrived into the modern era, resulting in unfounded beliefs about female frailty shaping every facet of our society. The stereotype that women are weak, fragile and to be protected from strenuous mental […]