The medical gaslighting of women is not a new occurrence. The denial and manufacturing of doubt in women’s realities is not a new product of modernization, but instead an archaic and ongoing experience that has only been heightened with the advance of medical education and medical treatment. This project of ours on medical gaslighting of women, and how we’re trying to understand contemporary experiences of it, is buttressed by the historical framing of it, the societal framing of it, and the institutional framing of it. By understanding the history of the problem, we can better recognize patterns of abuse, and if we can better identify and call those practices out, when we have named our so called “enemy”, then we can better organize to fight against it.
