Thursday, February 16, 2023

Women's bodies are weird: doctors' beliefs


I'm starting to get the feeling that maybe the world doesn't want me around. Hmmph.
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Ancient beliefs about women's bodies
I swear I was just doing it for longevity, Dear.
Indeed, girl's and women's bodies have been a subject of inspiration and wonder, but they've also been grossly misunderstood throughout history.

While today most myths about the female body have been debunked, it's a fact that many odd beliefs prevailed for thousands of years.

The Buddha gave us a way out of misery.
More often than not, these were detrimental to women, ignorant, as well as blatantly misogynistic (women-hating). In this gallery, Stars Insider revisits some of these beliefs, from ancient civilizations to the Victorian era, and everything in between.

Women have no sexual desire? In Victorian times, sexual urges were something most exclusively attributed to males. Any expression of sexual desire from females was frowned upon. Queen Victoria herself reportedly told her daughter to "lie back and think of England" on her honeymoon wedding night. More

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