Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoThe mythical (nonexistent?)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down16
arrow-up1520arrow-down1imageThe mythical (nonexistent?)sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-21 month agoI mean it’s from the late 1800s. Not sure women were allowed to be doctors then. They might’ve come down with “hysteria” and sawed off the wrong leg. Cause the men were really keeping things in order.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoMaybe she was a radical. Dr. Pepper, suffragette.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoTechnically it’s a gendered word, and a woman could be called a doctrix, similar to dominator/dominatrix. Edit: phrasing and add picture
I mean it’s from the late 1800s. Not sure women were allowed to be doctors then. They might’ve come down with “hysteria” and sawed off the wrong leg. Cause the men were really keeping things in order.
Maybe she was a radical. Dr. Pepper, suffragette.
Technically it’s a gendered word, and a woman could be called a doctrix, similar to dominator/dominatrix.
Edit: phrasing and add picture