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“When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman thing" and hence unimportant. Our patriarchal system has dismissed menstrual pain as both exaggerated and a sign of weakness, and at times, perversely, as something women deserve (punishment for "original sin," I suppose).”

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Book:Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

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Society Lockwood

Book:Wuthering Heights

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Book:The Jungle

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Author:Leslie Chang

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Society Mental Illness Modernity

Author:Whatifalthist

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Society Population Degeneracy

Author:Whatifalthist

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Book:Ethics in Light of Childhood

Source: Ethics in Light of Childhood

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Book:The Book of Disquiet

Source: The Book of Disquiet

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Book:The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Source: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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Book:The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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Book:The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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