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Women's Rights & Issues

Jilly_in_VA

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5. This is a serious question

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:18 AM

Mar 2022

Does anyone think that these terms are used because men have been in control of the medical profession for so many years, or is it something else? I don't mean this to become an anti-male rant.

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My pregnancy complications were described in sexist terms, unlike male infertility [View all] Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP

I had two "geriatric pregnancies" leftieNanner Mar 2022 #1

Just as in the post above, my two pregnancies were at 38 and 41. 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #2

Oh yeah, same here Diamond_Dog Mar 2022 #3

I guess I didn't qualify as "geriatric." ShazzieB Mar 2022 #4

This is a serious question Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #5