“The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.” LooksMayEyePainVisionSeeingInformationObjectsSourcePerspectiveTasteMeetingsHearingSmellSensesTemperature Author:Richard Gregory
“Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria or your own unfeminine inadequacy. Women have learned to submit to pain by hearing authority figures - doctors, priests, psychiatrists - tell us that what we feel is not pain.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveRealPainFiguresAuthorityDoctorsMadnessHearingPriestsSexismSubmitPsychiatristHysteriaInadequacyAuthority Figures Author:Naomi Wolf
“It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.” MightPainBeautifulFunLosingHearingDiamondGetting OldGetting OlderEarrings Author:Cilla Black
“My inbox [showed me] how much pain there is in the world. I appreciated hearing from people, but it was hard to know I couldn't do anything.” PeopleKnowsWorldHardPainHearingAppreciatedInbox Author:Emily Yoffe