Why Women’s Pain Is Gaslighted

Last year, a Journal of the American Heart Association article highlighted how women aged 18 to 55 with <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.024199" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">chest pain</a> in ERs waited 29% longer than men to be evaluated for potential life-threatening heart attacks. This despite the documented <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001139" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">mortality</a> risk of heart disease for women, which is higher than for men, especially in younger age groups. These alarming<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/women-pain-gender-bias-doctors/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>statistics point to a much larger question. Historically, physicians are likelier to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/women-pain-gender-bias-doctors/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ignore women</a> when they express pain than they do men, with Black women’s pain often being marginalized or completely ignored. <a href="https://medium.com/bitchy/why-womens-pain-is-gaslighted-ffe0ed36563e">Read More</a>