Throughout a woman's life — whether they're going through puberty, birth, infertility, or menopause — they're sometimes "medically defined as faulty, defective, and deficient," says Dr Elinor Cleghorn. Of course, women are not "designed badly," but rather victims of systemic medical misogyny and a shocking lack of funding and research into improving our lives. And outdated language is having a direct impact on the care (or lack thereof) that women are receiving. Learn more about why dismissive language plays such a huge role in the gender health gap at our 🔗 in bio.