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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Scientists have only just started to use actual women to test treatment on, instead of dismissing them as more complicated males.

Like a month ago they just debuted the first woman sized crash test dummy. Turns out, there were some issues they'd been ignoring.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

So, until recently, do you honestly believe that they just didn't test female contraceptives? Or do you think they tested them on males instead? Or maybe that argument is a little bit nonsense in this case because while women as a whole are underrepresented in medical testing, the idea that they never, ever, tested on women (especially in the case of drugs exclusively made for women) is a little bit of a ridiculous concept.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't try to pretend that treatments specifically for women are not tested on females.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm not pretending anything. Women were rarely including in clinical trials up through the early 90s.

You're assuming I'm wrong because it's absurd. Yes, it was absurd.