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"First the Womb, Then the Ovaries, Now Hormones: Women Are Always Reduced to Their Reproductive Organs"

NRC·20 September · 15:00·3 days ago

Rina Knoeff, a history of medicine professor at the University of Groningen, explores the shifting medical perceptions of menopause in her new book, "Wisseljaren." She details how 19th-century practices, such as speculum examinations and ovary removals, reduced women to their reproductive functions. Knoeff argues that while biological changes remain constant, societal interpretations and medical interventions have evolved from brutal experiments to modern hormone-driven diagnoses.

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