Back هستيريا النساء Arabic Histeria femenina AST Histèria femenina Catalan Histeria femenina Spanish Histeria feminina Galician היסטריה נשית HE स्त्री हिस्टीरिया Hindi Histeria perempuan ID Storia dell'isteria Italian Histeria feminina Portuguese
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| Female hysteria | |
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| Women with hysteria under the effects of hypnosis, 1876–1880 | |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
Female hysteria was once a common medical diagnosis for women. It was described as exhibiting a wide array of symptoms, including anxiety, shortness of breath, fainting, nervousness, sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in the abdomen, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, even sexually forward behavior, and a "tendency to cause trouble for others".[1] It is no longer recognized by medical authorities as a medical disorder. Its diagnosis and treatment were routine for hundreds of years in Western Europe.[1]
In Western medicine, hysteria was considered both common and chronic among women. Even though it was categorized as a disease, hysteria's symptoms were synonymous with normal functioning female sexuality.[1] In the context of hysteria, every symptom and negative thought was linked to sex.[2] In extreme cases, the woman may have been forced to enter an insane asylum or to undergo surgical hysterectomy.[3]
- ^ a b c Maines, Rachel P. (1999). The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria", the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8018-6646-4.
- ^ Lunbeck, Elizabeth (11 May 2021), "Hysteria: The Revolt of the "Good Girl"", The Psychiatric Persuasion, Princeton University Press, pp. 209–228, doi:10.2307/j.ctv1h9dgrh.15, retrieved 6 November 2023
- ^ Mankiller, Wilma P. (1998). The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. pp. 26. ISBN 0-618-00182-4.
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