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Matsubara

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Tue Jun-26-07 11:35 AM
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191. In the old days, doctors diagnosed women with "hysteria"...

A malady they believed originated in the uterus, related to the menses - hence the similarity you may notice in the words "hysterectomy" and "hysteria".

It is a sexist term, but most people don't use it that way, because most people are not aware of the word's origins.

Calling someone a sexist because they use the word hysterical is unfair at best, disingenuous at worst.

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