I was told passing out due to period pain is normal for women
The IndependentPain claws at my stomach like a chainsaw ripping through wood. Each cycle only worsened, but this doctor’s dismissal marked the start of a nearly 15-year battle to be heard – a journey defined by relentless medical misogyny. Over and over again, doctors dismissed my pain as “standard”, insisting that “most women deal with such pain”, but that shouldn’t make it normal for any of us. Medical misogyny extends far beyond the diagnostic stages; women are regularly left to languish in agony, trying to cope with conditions our medical research is decades behind in understanding with barely any medical intervention. One study from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company estimates that the women’s health gap equals 75 million years of life lost due to poor health or early death every single year.
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What is medical misogyny that forces women to put up with pain for years?
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Women's pain is often brushed off in medicine. When will it be taken seriously?
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Gender pain gap: Why stereotypes are still harming women’s health
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Women taking pain medication incorrectly for period pain they feel is 'normal', study shows
ABC
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