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Opprinnelig lagt inn av Kanutten, her.

Det er jo ikke uten grunn det kalles hysterektomi når de fjerner livmora.

The Greek word for uterus is hystera... og der satt årsaken til all "uakseptabe" kvinnelig oppførsel...

Women considered to be suffering from Hysteria exhibited a wide array of symptomes [] ... and "a tendency to cause trouble"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria

Vi digrigerer (?) videre fra Wikipedia:
Galen, a prominent physician from the second century, wrote that hysteria was a disease caused by sexual deprivation in particularly passionate women: hysteria was noted quite often in virgins, nuns, widows and, occasionally, married women. The prescription in medieval and renaissance medicine was intercourse if married, marriage if single, or vaginal massage (pelvic massage) by a midwife as a last recours