From hysteria to fibromyalgia
Since ancient times, the biology of women has been seen from the male model. At that time, there was a vision of the single sex, that is, there was only one sex, which was man, and women were inferior versions of this model. Hundreds of myths were maintained over...
The invisibility of women in science
A few days ago we talked about the consequences of sex and gender bias in science and today we want to expand on it by talking about the little recognition that female scientists have had throughout history. This phenomenon is what is known as the “Matilda...
Gender and sex bias in scientific research
The history of medicine is both scientific and cultural, therefore, sex and gender biases are not the only ones found in the field of science, nor are they only found in the scientific field. At the beginning of modern medicine it was thought that diseases did not...