You Are Your Uterus

You Are Your Uterus Introduction

The first goal of this podcast is to help you understand the society you're living in, which requires a historical context, and that context goes back thousands of years; Dr. de la Torre will focus on Women in American history for the most part.
The second goal is to ask why all of this information has been left out. 
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Reference: Lies My Teacher Told Me, written by James W. Lowen

F*ckin‘ Aristotle

"Aristotle is from the fourth century BCE. And, he focuses on defining women as inferior because of their biology. And thus, that inferiority makes her a lesser human and far less able to contribute anything to society. 
And the reason why I titled the episode after him is because of how influential he was on subsequent scientists and philosophers, great Roman physician, Galen, whether it's medieval physicians, you see so much of what he said, repeated almost verbatim. His influence goes far in one." 
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Gender Constructs in Christianity

The early Christian church on Eve, The Virgin Mary, and Mary Magdeline. 
“I'm using the Bible and the biblical stories that were used by men during the first several hundred years of the church's existence to establish a specific identity for women. And it's an identity that's lesser, and it's an identity that requires male control.”
By the way, are you familiar with Adam’s first wife? Tune in to this episode to listen to what was left out, how stories were twisted to make women “lesser” in Western society. 
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The Founding of America: GREAT IDEAS! Too Bad They Didn’t Apply to Women

How many stories about women involved in the founding of America do you know? Can you tell me at least one name that you know of a woman who helped in some of the battles in the United States? 
Listen to this episode so you can learn more about the history of women who attempted to shape America with their bold ideas. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Please send me an email if you have any questions about what I've discussed so far. 
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19th Century Feminine Ideal Constricting Construct

A housewife, what makes an adequate one?
What are "acceptable behavior" and an "acceptable appearance" for women? 
In this episode, I share domesticity and how women have been constricted in the home.
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The Sadness of Madness: From 19th Century Crazy to Britney Spears Conservatorship

Points worth noting in this episode:
Poverty in the 19th Century was a moral cause of insanity.
Lactational insanity
Poverty is considered to be "The fault of the poor person." 
Florence Nightingale and her semi-autobiography, Cassandra
Britney Spear's thirteen-year Conservatorship produced four albums, a global tour, a four-year residency in Las Vegas, and $131 million in earnings.
Books referenced in this episode:
Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctor  by Lisa Appignanesi
Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women
They Say You're Crazy: How The World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal  by Paula J. Caplan
The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980
by Elaine Showalter
Other references:
Britney Spears Conservatorship
Madhouses Act 1828 
 
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American Feminism Takes Root & The Fabulous Grimke Sisters

So many of the arguments that the American feminists made in the 19th century are still relevant today. Here’s a timeline of some of the historical events mentioned in episode seven: 
1776 - The Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Preamble are established and it's stated that the rights are based on natural law.
1789 - This is the year that the constitution was formally adopted and the 13 colonies become the United States. Citizens of the Republic have rights, but it only applies to middle-class white men and above and citizens. Women saw the United States as a country in which they were citizens and they had the same rights according to natural law!
1792 -  The book by Mary Wollstonecraft:
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is considered the first modern feminist treatise, by most Women’s History professors.
1803 Louisiana purchase 
1830 Troy Female Seminary 
1833  Oberlin College admits women and women/men of color 
1837 Mary Lion founds Mount Holyoke, women’s first college
 
[36:00 Grimke Sisters]
 
 “Women have a public life in this republic and women need to be educated!”  Judith Sargent Murray
Books mentioned:
First Lady of Letters by Judith Sargent Murray
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
 
Significant women mentioned:
Emma Heart Willard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone
 
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The Codification of Women’s Rights : Elizabeth Cady Stanton & The Seneca Falls Convention

Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention held in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in this episode I discuss what Elizabeth argued and what men of the era would counter. What's your opinion? How does it compare to today? 
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The Women’s Movement Takes Off, The 1850s

After the Uvalde shooting and the new abortion law that passed, I needed to gather my thoughts and rearrange how I wanted to move forward with the following episodes. So after a couple of months off, I'm back with more education on how history repeats itself, and I'm picking up where I left off. 
[2:30] My focus for this podcast is to highlight that women have demanded to be treated as full citizens and human beings in the United States when this country was founded.
[6:18] 1850s Rich, White patriarchy decides that women aren't included in the constitution or the preamble. 
[7:54] What are women advocating for? Equal citizenship!
[14:40] My uterus and your uterus, Why are we treated this way.
[24:42] Lucy Stone rewrites the marriage contract.
[25:58] Historians credit Storer for leading the Physicians’ Crusade Against Abortion, which they consider primarily responsible for increased laws criminalizing abortion in the late 1800s.
[28:06] Samuel Alito denies that abortion was once legal based on his opinion on "quickening."
[30:39] Obstetrics were carried out by midwives and other women.
[40:08] Contraception
 
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Book Referenced: When Abortion was a Crime by Leslie Reagan
Marriage Protest of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell
 
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