Jane's husband, John, is a physician and yet he does not believe that Jane has a legitimate illness. He thinks that Jane's problem is a "hysterical tendency." Such a flippant diagnosis reveals a biased opinion of women in this (19th) and previous centuries. That is, women were thought to be less reasonable and less rational than men. Women were incorrectly believed to be more rash, emotional, and unstable. John is of this opinion even though...
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