Medical Gaslighting

This week on The Audaci-Tea Podcast, your hosts Lisa, Sovereign, and Gwen dive into the infuriating reality of medical gaslighting, where women's symptoms are dismissed, downplayed, or misdiagnosed by healthcare providers. But first, in our Tea Time segment, we spill the tea on the latest headlines, including Trump’s executive order slashing funding for NPR and PBS, a breakdown of the SAVE Act and its threat to voter access, and looming economic impacts from shipping delays and mass layoffs at UPS.

In the main discussion, we explore how women, especially women of color, face systemic discrimination in healthcare, unpack the exploitative history of gynecology, and challenge the medical establishment’s paternalistic attitudes toward birth control, pain, and bodily autonomy.

And finally, in our Feminist Herstory segment, we honor Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells were taken without consent and used to power decades of medical breakthroughs, reminding us how deeply racism is woven into the fabric of modern medicine.

🎧 This episode shines a light on the intersection of gender, race, and power in healthcare, and why we must stop apologizing for advocating for ourselves.

🎙️ Topics Discussed:

• The cultural roots and modern rise of medical gaslighting
• How women’s pain is ignored, minimized, or misdiagnosed
• The racial disparities in healthcare and implicit bias
• The dark origins of gynecology and stolen bodily autonomy
• The weaponization of birth control and mistrust in relationships
• Henrietta Lacks and the exploitation of Black women in medicine

✨ Links and Resources Mentioned:

• NPR and PBS push back against Trump’s order to cut funding
• How a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Became a Political Firestorm
• Georgia Dismissed Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Inquiry
• Sperm Quality's Role in Miscarriage
• The SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Is ‘Dead on Arrival’
• Port Watch Tracker
• UPS To Lay Off 20,000 Workers
• Implicit Bias in Medicine: How it Hurts Black Women
• Why Women Give Birth Lying Down – And It’s Not About Comfort
• The Evolution Of Birth Control And A Woman’s Right To Choose
• Male Birth Control Study Halted Due to Side Effects
• Disgusting Endometriosis Study Retracted
• Rapist’s Sentence Suspended Due to “Promising Future” as Gynaecologist

📚 This Week’s Recommendation: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe 👉 Available here

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🕰️ Episode Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and Tea Time! 02:20 100 Men Vs 1 Gorilla 03:45 Trump Cuts NPR and PBS Funding 07:11 Feminism and Women's Rights 09:40 Impact of Roe v. Wade Overturn 14:50 Tariff Impacts About To Set In 19:02 Economic Challenges and Social Safety Nets 23:58 The Medical Gaslighting Of Women In Society 32:27 The Profit Motive in Healthcare 39:00 Gender Inequality in Medical Treatment 49:49 Disparities Between Ethnicities 56:33 The Role of Male Doctors in Women's Health 01:07:51 Feminist Herstory: Henrietta Lacks 01:27:33 Poll Results: Aging Out? Women In Media

🎙️ The Audaci-Tea is a production of Siren Sound, executively produced by Lisa Carr, The Sovereign Woman, and Gwen. Music, audio production, and show production by Ryan Marth.

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