Comments on: I am writing an essay on the topic of Women’s Health, in reference to Feminism. What have I left out? http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out Womens' Health Thu, 13 May 2010 15:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Whorella http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out/comment-page-1#comment-242 Whorella Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:59 +0000 http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out#comment-242 Women not being taken seriously by male physicians or by the medical establishment in general: Until only a couple of years ago the CDC, despite much evidence, refused to accept that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/CFIDS/ME) and Fibromyalgia were real diseases, and not "in our heads". The CDC had received grants to study CFS and the funding was used ELSEWHERE. It was a huge scandal, and it happened because the overwhelmingly-male medical "establishment" dismissed us as a bunch of hysterical crazy women. CFS and FM strike considerably more women than men, but men do get the diseases also. "In an extraordinary turn of events, a noted CDC scientist has publicly charged his own government agency with improperly diverting funds away from authorized CFS research. Since those charges were leveled, the HHS Office of Inspector-General has confirmed them with its own audit, and now Congress's General Accounting Office is launching its own separate investigation. The Director of the CDC has proposed major reforms to preclude such errors from happenning again. The scandal has recently been the subject of Congressional hearings (Feb. 2000). Dr. William Reeves, the Center for Disease Control's pointman on CFS research, filed a complaint with the U.S. Health and Human Services Inspector-General in July 1998 to demand an investigation of the diverted funds. CDC administrators then canceled a scheduled study of CFS in youths. Dr. Reeves claimed in a written statement that he was told by another CDC official that when there were fiscal shortfalls in other programs, CDC administrator Dr. Brian Mahy "always made up such deficits with CFS and other similar monies". Reeves detailed that in recent years as many as half or more of the millions of dollars specifically earmarked for CFS research had been secretly diverted to other programs. Reeves claims that the CDC's reports to Congress about these expenditures were in fact false statements. Reeves has filed for protection under the "Whistlerblower's Act", a law that protects the jobs of government employees while they report government waste, fraud or abuse."<br><b>References : </b><br>www.cfs-news.org/scandal.htm Women not being taken seriously by male physicians or by the medical establishment in general:
Until only a couple of years ago the CDC, despite much evidence, refused to accept that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/CFIDS/ME) and Fibromyalgia were real diseases, and not "in our heads". The CDC had received grants to study CFS and the funding was used ELSEWHERE. It was a huge scandal, and it happened because the overwhelmingly-male medical "establishment" dismissed us as a bunch of hysterical crazy women.

CFS and FM strike considerably more women than men, but men do get the diseases also.

"In an extraordinary turn of events, a noted CDC scientist has publicly charged his own government agency with improperly diverting funds away from authorized CFS research. Since those charges were leveled, the HHS Office of Inspector-General has confirmed them with its own audit, and now Congress’s General Accounting Office is launching its own separate investigation. The Director of the CDC has proposed major reforms to preclude such errors from happenning again. The scandal has recently been the subject of Congressional hearings (Feb. 2000).

Dr. William Reeves, the Center for Disease Control’s pointman on CFS research, filed a complaint with the U.S. Health and Human Services Inspector-General in July 1998 to demand an investigation of the diverted funds. CDC administrators then canceled a scheduled study of CFS in youths. Dr. Reeves claimed in a written statement that he was told by another CDC official that when there were fiscal shortfalls in other programs, CDC administrator Dr. Brian Mahy "always made up such deficits with CFS and other similar monies". Reeves detailed that in recent years as many as half or more of the millions of dollars specifically earmarked for CFS research had been secretly diverted to other programs. Reeves claims that the CDC’s reports to Congress about these expenditures were in fact false statements. Reeves has filed for protection under the "Whistlerblower’s Act", a law that protects the jobs of government employees while they report government waste, fraud or abuse."
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http://www.cfs-news.org/scandal.htm

]]> By: sassy http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out/comment-page-1#comment-241 sassy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:14:59 +0000 http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out#comment-241 In the area of sterilization, men are reluctant to have vasectomies done and the woman usually lands up getting her tubes tied. Circumcision of girls in some communities is a disgusting practice which is often meant to decrease the pleasures she feels to discourage her so called tendency for promiscuity- and this often leads to mutilation and all sorts of complications specially in rural areas of the countries it is practiced in.<br><b>References : </b><br> In the area of sterilization, men are reluctant to have vasectomies done and the woman usually lands up getting her tubes tied. Circumcision of girls in some communities is a disgusting practice which is often meant to decrease the pleasures she feels to discourage her so called tendency for promiscuity- and this often leads to mutilation and all sorts of complications specially in rural areas of the countries it is practiced in.
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]]> By: Beep http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out/comment-page-1#comment-240 Beep Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:33:59 +0000 http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out#comment-240 The whole abortion issue is the one place where someone could argue that feminism is needed. (I'm pro-life, so I sharply disagree, but to represent all view points.) Typically, feminists are all for abortion being unconditionally legalized and provided, so those who agree with that ideology might argue that feminism is necessary to bring it about (if they also believe that abortion's illegality is a hindrance on women's rights). Sigh. The future will remember us as primitive savages.<br><b>References : </b><br> The whole abortion issue is the one place where someone could argue that feminism is needed. (I’m pro-life, so I sharply disagree, but to represent all view points.) Typically, feminists are all for abortion being unconditionally legalized and provided, so those who agree with that ideology might argue that feminism is necessary to bring it about (if they also believe that abortion’s illegality is a hindrance on women’s rights).

Sigh. The future will remember us as primitive savages.
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]]> By: Nataly L http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out/comment-page-1#comment-239 Nataly L Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:17:59 +0000 http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out#comment-239 gender discrimination in health care. Over done hysterectomies , etc.<br><b>References : </b><br> gender discrimination in health care. Over done hysterectomies , etc.
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]]> By: Susan M http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out/comment-page-1#comment-238 Susan M Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:29:59 +0000 http://slim-good.com/womens-health/i-am-writing-an-essay-on-the-topic-of-womens-health-in-reference-to-feminism-what-have-i-left-out#comment-238 use of synthetic hormones vs bioidentical hormones that's a huge raging issue birth control pills (synthetic) lower libido in many women and may lead to cancers if used over decades correct use of bioidenticals may prevent cancer and auto-immune diseases Women still are overlooked by doctors who often decide that a woman's real pain is "in her mind". Being treated this way by a physician is reason to have mental and emotional pain on top of your untreated physical pain. Look at how many unnecessary uterine and ovarian surgeries are done!<br><b>References : </b><br> use of synthetic hormones vs bioidentical hormones
that’s a huge raging issue
birth control pills (synthetic) lower libido in many women and may lead to cancers if used over decades

correct use of bioidenticals may prevent cancer and auto-immune diseases

Women still are overlooked by doctors who often decide that a woman’s real pain is "in her mind". Being treated this way by a physician is reason to have mental and emotional pain on top of your untreated physical pain.

Look at how many unnecessary uterine and ovarian surgeries are done!
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