For most of recorded history, the female body has been treated as a variation of the male body. An afterthought. A subject that is far too complicated, too cyclical, too inconvenient to study with the same rigor and resources devoted to understanding men.
And the consequences of that decision are still being felt by every woman alive today.
In this conversation, Dr. Amanda sits down with Marina Gerner, journalist, author, and one of the most important voices writing about the systemic failures of women's health research today. Together they pull back the curtain on what has been left out, why it was left out, and what it is costing women in their bodies, their minds, and their lives.
In this episode, we explore:
How women were excluded from medical research for decades and why that exclusion is far from over
The staggering gap in research funding between conditions that predominantly affect women versus those that affect men
Why women are more likely to be misdiagnosed, undertreated, and dismissed by the medical system and what that looks like in practice
The pain bias and why women's pain is consistently rated as less severe and less worthy of treatment than men's
How the birth control pill became one of the most prescribed drugs in the world with research that would never meet today's standards
What the data actually says about hormone replacement therapy and why so many women have been left suffering unnecessarily
The conditions that have been hiding in plain sight for generations because nobody thought to look
What women can do to advocate for themselves inside a system that was never designed with them in mind
This conversation is for every woman who has ever been told her symptoms were in her head. Who has left a doctor's appointment feeling dismissed, unheard, and smaller than when she walked in. Who has spent years searching for answers that the system was never equipped to give her.
It was not in your head and you were not "too dramatic." The data confirms it. And knowing that changes everything.
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The medical system was not built for women. Psychology was not built for women. And yet women have spent generations trying to heal inside frameworks that were never designed with them in mind.
Magnetic is the room that was. Built by a woman, for women only. Two days of immersive transformation, real conversation, and the kind of sisterhood that changes the trajectory of your life. If something in you stirred as you listened to this episode, this is your next step.
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Connect with Marina Gerner:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinagerner/
Website/book: https://www.marinagerner.com/