When a woman goes crazy in a movie or on TV, we greet the sub-plot with a sigh of comfortable familiarity. Our intellectual subconscious breathes an “ahhhh.” We relax. We see what’s going on; we ...

A selection from John Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare, 1781 Source: Wikimedia Commons Hysteria was the first mental disorder attributed to women, dating back more than 4,000 years. It evolved from a ...

In the 19th century, “female hysteria” was considered a legitimate medical diagnosis, blamed for everything from anxiety to irritability. Victorian doctors developed treatments that reflected more ...

Have you been a victim of medical misogyny? Tess Rayner investigates the historical and systematic discrimination of women in ...

Vicky Pattison has slammed doctors for deliberating adding to 'hysteria and fear' around women's infertility by calling her eggs 'geriatric'. The Strictly star, 38, is fronting a documentary, Maybe ...