Medical Profession War on Women?

I noticed this item this morning: Woman Taking Selfie having a stroke. I have been there and I know exactly what is going through her mind. Amazingly I was at her age when I had mine. Trans Ischemic Attack (TIA).

When I called my doctors it was immediately to the hospital. Her doctors blamed it on stress until some one took her seriously.

On the Blog Roll you will find a link to Dr. Helen Smith at PJMedia. She tells a dramatic story about how the medical profession responded to her complaints about pain in her chest. Women do not have heart problems. Well, she showed em that generalization is not true.

I have observed commentary over the years that women's health complaints are not treated with the seriousness as men's health complaints.

Another area of contention is the testing of new medications for efficacy and side affects. No effort is made in determining the differences in results between the sexes. Both are treated the same - inferring the benefits found for men also apply equally for women. Witch may or may not be the case.

To me the question is this deliberate action in the War on Women or is it something else?

I believe it is a result of unintended consequences evolving from decisions made for sociological and expediency.

Bachelor and Batchelorette

I find it extremely painful to watch these shows. I think they exploitative. They are so manipulated it is sickening. And creepy. I look for backlash in the media and social media and find none. Why? Must be something wrong with me. Or is outrage Selective?

First Search

First search on "war on women personal stories" brought a series of articles about women working in war associated activities and an article by R. Douthat at the NY Times. 

I have to read it several more times to see what he is getting at. My first read is the impression is that he is conflating internet incivility with a general antagonism towards women.

Interesting link in the article to another article by Rebecca Watson writing about sexism at an atheist convention.

Also today I read this post by Dr. Helen Smith reviewing Amy Alkon's new book.

No conclusions at this time.

Introduction

I was doing some preliminary research trying to understand the various view points towards the war on women. I decided to start a blog to record my thoughts and other's.

I had to choose a blog address. The obvious was already taken. The alternative - waronwomyn - was not. Surprise.

This is a Wikipedia link providing an overview on the origins of Womyn.

The Urban Dictionary link is: Womyn.

The title of the blog will probably change as I do more research and get some better understanding of the width and depth of the issue.