“Debbie Nathan’s thesis is that Shirley Mason was a vulnerable hysteric and was manipulated by her therapist into iatrogenic DID and false memories of child abuse. Nathan says that this is generally true of DID, except for perhaps a small number of genuine cases. One problem with this thesis is that it is based on a stereotypically male chauvinist view of women as impressionable hysterics who do not know, and are not in control of, their own minds or histories; this demeaning view of women is presented as a feminist thesis.” Mental IllnessDissociative Identity DisorderMultiple Personality DisorderMultiple PersonalitiesSybilSybil ExposedHysterical WomenSelf ContradictoryHysteric Author:Colin A. Ross
“Sexists refer to every female political opinion as "hysterical," just like they refer to every word a woman says when she opens her mouth as "shouting," and for the same reasons — not because the women are actually being loud or unreasonable, but because women are not supposed to have opinions or voices at all.” MisogynyHysteriaSexistSexism QuotesHysterical FemaleHysterical WomenSexist Language Author:Sady Doyle
“Not only is the actual word "hysteria" gendered — it once referred to an exclusively female disease, a mental illness thought to be caused by a malfunctioning uterus — there is a very long history of critics using accusations or innuendo about women's mental health or emotional stability in order to shut down their political voices.” PoliticsSexismMisogynyHysteriaSexistPolitics Of The United StatesHysterical FemaleHysterical WomenSexist LanguageHysterica Author:Sady Doyle