Women have been gaslit for so long they no longer believe their own pain
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Women have been gaslit for so long they no longer believe their own pain

As the Victorian government is likely learning since launching its inquiry into women’s pain,medical gaslighting remains depressingly pervasive.

  • byKaty Hall

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