[WikiEN-l] The MIT vandal is back

Fri Feb 14 23:40:23 UTC 2003

Bah... this is definitely not a neutral point of view. Many people would
even question the existence of "hysteria" as an actual thing rather than a
construct created by a largely-male medical establishment, aside from those who
would simply question the neutrality of the largely-male medical establishment
in deciding when a woman is being "hysterical" and when she is not. 

Anyway, regardless of whether it's "true" or not, I don't think it's vandalism.

Saurabh

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In message <20030214232125.GA16429 at reactor-core.org>, Jonathan Walther said:
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>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.
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>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.
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>Jonathan
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