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Margery Spring Rice observed that women ‘only come into the public conscience’ when performing ‘the public duty’ of motherhood
— Aug 21, 2026 04:25AM
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“Medical discourse still reflected and validated the age-old belief that the healthiest women were the most socially obedient.”
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On the testing of women about to get married for syphillis.
“Once again, the preservation of success and the idealised social units of marriage and family lived and dies with women - with the control of their bodies, with the surveillance of their biology.”
Also sex workers were detained and tested for syphilis. Like previous times with other STDs, can be against their will
— Aug 21, 2026 04:23AM
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“Once again, the preservation of success and the idealised social units of marriage and family lived and dies with women - with the control of their bodies, with the surveillance of their biology.”
Also sex workers were detained and tested for syphilis. Like previous times with other STDs, can be against their will