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We danced, the cognate vessels Nested in walls & Cowered in blood We buried love deep into Beating flesh & Writhed In Utero We emptied veins of reason Laid in torment & Seceded in white gowns We--Empiric experiments We--Deficient devices We--Thrashing threadbare We--Womb We--Woman -- c
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Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 at 11:51 AM UTC
HYSTERIA
We danced, the cognate vessels Nested in walls & Cowered in blood We buried love deep into Beating flesh & Writhed In Utero We emptied veins of reason Laid in torment & Seceded in white gowns We--Empiric experiments We--Deficient devices We--Thrashing threadbare We--Womb We--Woman -- c
I was recently researching the term "hysteria", and the dark history that follows it. Stripped to its Greek roots, it essentially equates to "crazy woman". Doctors used this term to diagnose women & commit them as psychologically disturbed. They also used it to describe a woman while she was menstruating. It's worth looking into.
#woman#sexism#history#hysteria#psychology#nirvana#womb#insanity#institution#patriarchy
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26/F/Chicago
Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 at 11:51 AM UTC
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