Breaking Through Hysteria: Unravelling the Hidden Gender Biases in Healthcare

Abstract

A woman comes into the emergency room with chest pain and a heart rate of 220 beats per minute. Her doctor told her it was just an anxiety attack and sent her home with Xanax. But she knew it was more than an episode. After many visits to the doctor, she was diagnosed with endometriosis, a painful disorder where the tissue inside the uterus migrates outside (Billock, 2018).