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Originally Posted by Zenmama18 View Post
Back then many with profound disabilities were institutionalized or kept at home since schools did not have to provide accommodations. So we may not have known the actual prevalence.
Women who disobeyed their husbands or performed poorly in bed were also often institutionalized or drugged, with the diagnosis of "hysterics." Turns out, they just had lousy husbands - and now, the diagnosis of "lousy husbands" is prevalent. Are there more lousy husbands now than before? Nope. They just corrected a faulty diagnosis.