"The whole history of hysteria is one of gaslighting"

Talking about the gendering of emotions with Dr. Pragya Agarwal, author of Hysterical

I have always been fascinated by emotions. When I was a girl I slammed my own finger in a door, angry at my mother for who knows what. As I’ve written before, in time I came to see that my girlish rage was something adults didn’t approve of. I had my reasons to be angry, but I began doubting that I did.

As an academic, I learned about the double bind wom…