On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 12:32:27PM -0800, Zoe wrote:
It's the exact same wording as the text inserted by the MIT vandal. I asked the person inserting it to give us some information to prove the assertion, and I asked if it was true for the entire world, or only certain cultures. The person declined to do so.
The information is not misogynistic, it is true. Labelling this person a vandal does a disservice to the Wikipedia. The traditional treatment in the West for hysteria was for the doctor to massage a womans genitals by hand until she got some relief. The most extreme forms of hysteria are not seen very much in modern times; some attribute this to a greater interest in giving sexual satisfaction to women. The milder forms of hysteria still abound; if males have a propensity for hysteria, it is socialized out of them at a very young age.
Jonathan