[Kalija]

IMHO Aristotle was right...

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed a womb was essentially an “animal within an animal,” that it wandered throughout a woman’s body and caused illnesses. Doctors prescribed many different remedies in an attempt to “lure” the uterus back to its seat. The theory that women could not keep their uteruses in place — and thus keep them “tamed” — was used by the philosopher Aristotle to justify why women were unfit to partake in politics.
The word for “uterus” is derived from the Greek root hystera, hence a surgery to remove the uterus is called a “hysterectomy.” The root hystera also appears in the words “hysteria” and “hysterical,” which, characterized by anxiety, irritability, and ungovernable emotional excess, were historically thought to manifest themselves only in women.

[DouglasKC]

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed a womb was essentially an “animal within an animal,” that it wandered throughout a woman’s body and caused illnesses. Doctors prescribed many different remedies in an attempt to “lure” the uterus back to its seat. The theory that women could not keep their uteruses in place — and thus keep them “tamed” — was used by the philosopher Aristotle to justify why women were unfit to partake in politics. The word for “uterus” is derived from the Greek root hystera, hence a surgery to remove the uterus is called a “hysterectomy.” The root hystera also appears in the words “hysteria” and “hysterical,” which, characterized by anxiety, irritability, and ungovernable emotional excess, were historically thought to manifest themselves only in women.

I did not know any of that. Thanks for the fascinating lesson.