Osiyo, and greetings readers, Today’s round of The Yona History Rhymes features the subject of Pseudo-Science with recent classification of parts of society and historical antecedents, including Dr. Samuel Cartwright’s diagnoses of human slaves, the subhumanization of femininity with Hysteria quackery, and villification of patient consent.
Osiyo, and greetings readers, Today’s round of The Yona History Rhymes features the subject of Pseudo-Science with recent classification of parts of society and historical antecedents, including Dr. Samuel Cartwright’s diagnoses of human slaves, the subhumanization of femininity with Hysteria quackery, and villification of patient consent.
First with the antecedents….
Drapetomania: A Definition
National Post Wire Services:Oct 07, 2013
“..in 1850, a physician called Samuel Cartwright reported a new disease in the highly respected New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal . Cartwright named it drapetomania, from the ancient Greek drapetes for a runaway slave; in other words, here was a disease that “caused Negroes to run away.” It had one primary diagnostic symptom — “absconding from service” — and a few secondary ones, including “sulkiness and dissatisfaction just prior to flight.
Drapetomania was, of course, consigned to the dustbin of medical history. It never made it into the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the leading authority on mental health diagnosis and research.”
Female Hysteria: Pseudo Science Sexism
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/female-hysteria_n_4298060: October 11, 2013
It’s easy to laugh-off female hysteria as preposterous and antiquated pseudo-science, but the fact is, the American Psychiatric Association didn’t drop the term until the early 1950s. And though it had taken on a very different meaning from its early roots, “hysterical neurosis” didn’t disappear from the DSM — often referred to as the bible of modern psychiatry — until 1980. Sadly, we’re still feeling the impact of this highly-entrenched medical diagnosis today. The “crazy” and “hysterical” labels are hard ones for women to completely shake.
Second with the recents….
Vaccine Hesitancy: A Definition
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2013 Aug 1; 9(8): 1763–1773. April 12, 2013.
{Studies examining determinants of vaccination decision-making have resulted in several proposed models of acceptance and resistance, most focusing on parental decision-making.11,23–29 For instance, Nichter has differentiated active demand for vaccinations—adherence by an informed public—from passive acceptance of vaccinations—compliance by a public which yields to recommendations and social pressure.24 Looking at responses to 44 questions (related to, for example, belief in vaccination and vaccine safety, interest and involvement in health issues, influence of family and friends on vaccination decisions, etc.), Gust and collaborators have identified five types of parental attitudes regarding vaccination, in decreasingly positive order: the ”immunization advocates,” the “go alongs to get alongs,” the “health advocates,” the “fence-sitters” and the “worrieds.” Keane and collaborators have distinguished four parent profiles: the “vaccine believer” parents who were convinced of the benefits of vaccination, the “cautious” parents emotionally involved with their child and who have an hard time watching them being vaccinated, the “relaxed” parents who were characterized by some skepticism about vaccines and the “unconvinced” parents who distrusted vaccinations and vaccination policy.30 Finally, based on a combination of mothers’ actions and attitudes, Benin and collaborators have categorized the participants of their study into four categories: the “accepters” who agreed with or did not question vaccination, the “vaccine-hesitant” who accepted vaccination but had significant concerns about vaccinating their infants, the “late vaccinators” who purposely delayed vaccinating or chose only some vaccines and the “rejecters” who completely rejected vaccination.”}
Third, Now with the Yona Rhymes…
Recaptured runaway slaves must be medically whipped without hesitance
Doctor Sam Cartwright’s invented slave psychosis, disregarding evidence
Euphemisms compound, fabrications abound for Drapetomaniac residents
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The skull facting Phrenology and Feminine Psychology, Hysterical Neurosis
Oh my dear, Look, it has vagina and uses a brain, let’s declare this diagnosis
Pseudo-Science enhancing society, more classifications categorize hypnosis
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Unconsenting patients, subjects to impatience, medically abusive relationship
No overhaul of emergency protocol, treating and curing with more censorship
Data manipulated, trachea now intubated, lives saved by corporate sponsorship
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Confederated experts, north and south, this word of mouth of Racists
Dysaesthesia Aethiopica laziness and female craziness, cue the Sexists
Cancerous humanity overpopulating, a vocal lament of the Eugenicists
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Critically thinking slaves, women, and patients, can you imagine that
Consult the DSM-5, get the mind right for the new obedient habitat
Sorry O’Charlie, but the Yona is sharp and the narrative is just too flat
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-dedicated to free slaves, intelligent women, and informed patients-
