Hysteric or I Have the Right. How Women Were Treated for Imaginary Illnesses and Ignored Real Ones

The female body is not a deviation from the norm. It's time to stop treating it as a mistake.

Dr. Elizabeth Komen – an oncologist and medical researcher – exposes how women's bodies have been treated for centuries through fear, ignorance,... and prejudice. Why is it believed that the female brain is fundamentally different from the male brain? Could the bones of a Viking warrior belong to a woman?

Walking through eleven systems of the body – from muscles to hormones, from nerves to immunity – the author guides the reader from the anatomical absurdities of the past to a future where women do not have to prove that their pain is real.

This book is for women who are tired of their pain being ignored. For those who want to better understand their bodies and defend their right to treatment. For doctors and everyone who is ready to hear the female voice in medical history.