“Not only is the actual word "hysteria" gendered — it once referred to an exclusively female disease, a mental illness thought to be caused by a malfunctioning uterus — there is a very long history of critics using accusations or… — Sady Doyle Copy Share Image
“Sexists refer to every female political opinion as "hysterical," just like they refer to every word a woman says when she opens her mouth as "shouting," and for the same reasons — not because the women are actually being loud… — Sady Doyle Copy Share Image
“Not only is the actual word "hysteria" gendered — it once referred to an exclusively female disease, a mental illness thought to be caused… — Sady Doyle Copy Share Image
“Sexists refer to every female political opinion as "hysterical," just like they refer to every word a woman says when she opens her mouth… — Sady Doyle Copy Share Image
“What is wrong with being too much? With being too big? With being openly sexual, openly emotional -- with having "no calmness or content… — Sady Doyle Copy Share Image
![“What is wrong with being too much? With being too big? With being openly sexual, openly emotional -- with having "no calmness or content except when the needs of [your] individual nature were satisfied," as Martineau wrote of Wollstonecraft -- or even with being openly unhappy? Only this…” quote by Sady Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7cb/sady-doyle-82905_dual-nature_what-is-wrong-with-being-too-much-with-b_2962369.jpg)