Female hysteria in Victorian Times

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Shelley Louise
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Female hysteria in Victorian Times

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Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is no longer recognized by modern medical authorities. It was a popular diagnosis in Western nations, during the Victorian era, for women who exhibited a wide array of symptoms including faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in abdomen, muscle spasm, shortness of breath, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, and a "tendency to cause trouble!

Apparently the cure was an orgasm! !nuts!

woo hoo :)

Reading further because the physicians said that sometimes it took a long time to achieve the pelvic massage (i.e the orgasm) the electronic vibrator was invented!

You learn anew thing every day!

Thank god for Female Hysteria!
Ducktales - woo-ooh
Steve R
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Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

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Dirty mare!

Steve R
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Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

Post by Steve R »

That goes for my wife too, as we also watched that programme on Sunday night.

She also expressed her approval of the remedy.

johnsix
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Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

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The thought of Cary Grant slapping an hysterical woman round the face with a dildo conjures up an image.!grin!

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