I think that makes up for a lot of bad things that were done.
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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 months agoThat sounds far fetched until you remember that they diagnosed women with hysteria and treated them by giving them orgasms. When the vibrator was invented to treat muscle pain much later, doctors latched onto them for treating hysteria to give their hands a break.
Dadifer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Greek, not latin
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think you responded to the wrong comment
toynbee@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is your username a modem interpretation of OMGWTFBBQ?
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not sure I’ve seen that one, but it does seem to have the same vibe.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
oops. Yup
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Absolutely. Hystéra is Latin for uterus. Hysteria, or the “roaming uteri” theory was a successor to Plato’s theory of hysterical suffocation. They believed that the uterus could migrate around the body, placing pressure on internal organs.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When pregnant that’s a pretty good explanation of what it does though. Uterus just tells everybody up to the diaphragm to get outta the fucking way.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Greek, not latin
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Duh. Uterus is uterus in Latin. Thanks. I’ll edit for clarity.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I had to look it up myself lol