Hysteric or I Have the Right. How Women Were Treated for Imaginary Diseases 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 through fear, ignorance, and prejudice for centuries. 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 into a future where women do not have to prove that their pain is real.

This is a book for women who are tired of having their pain ignored. For those who want to better understand their bodies and advocate for their right to treatment. For doctors and anyone willing to hear the female voice in medical history.