Hysteria

[quannum]

The words hysteria and hysterectomy have the same Greek root word, hystera, which means uterus. Hysteria was a common Victorian era diagnosis for women in contemporary civilized society. The idea was that women couldn't cope with modern life and would develop symptoms such as

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".[1]
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The business of treating hysteria was quite lucrative, because the women were never cured, but continually needed the symptoms to be treated. The treatment for hysteria was tedious hours of "pelvic massage" until the patient reached "hysterical paroxysm."

The process was pared down from hours to minutes with the introduction of the electromechanical vibrator. This wasn't a controversial move, the doctor's were simply treating patients. By the early 1900s, Electricity started making its way into homes, and with it vibrators for home-use "self-medication".

In fact, the electric home vibrator was on the market before many other home appliance ’essentials’: nine years before the electric vacuum cleaner and 10 years before the electric iron.[1]
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[tyven]

hysteria is prob my favorite muse song

[Headspace]

Radiohead did it better

[Qalbert]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

[Conformity]

I think rhianna sings it guys

[Akanei]

Other cures for female hysteria included bed rest, bland food, seclusion, refraining from mentally taxing tasks (for example, reading) and sensory deprivation.

Basically getting back into the fucking kitchen.

[Kyo]

[Alleya]

It also caused them to do 20% more damage while losing 1% maximum health per second.

[tyven]

rihanna pwns

[Kyo]

Rihanna gets pwned too.

[tyven]

i like a bitch that goes both ways

[tyven]

pwned and pwner

[Kyo]

Feels good man.

[quannum]

i'd give her some pelvic massages

[Qalbert]

yeah when it comes to hot musical artists she can't be beat

[Conrad]

How did you not know this already? LOLUDUM

[tyven]

yeah when it comes to hot musical artists she can't be beat

veterans cosign you the up and coming greatest

[#686578]

I wish I was a doctor

[Conformity]

I am a doctor

Spoiler: show

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[Obev]

Hysteria is as good as any excuse for rape. Well played.