By Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Despite the fact that two out of three health care dollars are spent on women, they are still not being listened to. Women’s wisdom is generally ignored by mainstream health practitioners. Women’s body knowledge is dismissed as “neurotic,” “hypochondriac,” or “hysterical.” The medical establishment is so dominated by men’s thinking and male physiology that women’s different hormonal make-up and health needs are rarely in the conscious awareness of physicians.