And bicycles were discouraged, because they could promote hysteria.
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ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 hours ago
Fun fact, vibrators were invented as a ‘medical’ tool to aid women.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Same thing as chainsaws. Go ahead, Google why the chainsaw was invented
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Wrong in part. It was a medical tool to saw bones and shit. Not women. Sawing women is magicians work.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 32 minutes ago
And only when their names are Sharon.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
I suppose the comment you answered meant symphysiotomy, which is refering to cutting parts of the pelvis during child birth.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
or washing machines.
stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
From The Columbus Dispatch:
Chainsaws were originally invented by Scottish doctors John Aitken and James Jeffray in the last 18th century for medical purposes, specifically to assist in a surgical procedure called symphysiotomy^1^ during childbirth. This early version of the chainsaw was a hand-cranked device used to remove ossified^2^ tissue. Over time, the chainsaw evolved into a powerful tool used for lodging.
1: symphysiotomy, symphysiotomy is a surgical procedure that involves dividing the cartilage of the pubic symphys to widen the pelvis, facilitating childbirth when there is difficulty due to a narrow pelvis. This operation is also called pyelotomy and is performed to allow passage of a baby during obstructed labor. 2 ossified, having turned into bone or bony tissue
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Me at the sex shop checkout:
“I… I have a prescription.”
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
A film called “Hysteria” from 2011 covers that.