All of these outbreaks have tended to disproportionately affect women, and in time, when doctors failed to find the one cause of the disease, they thought that these outbreaks were mass hysteria.
Todos esses surtos tendiam a afetar de forma desproporcional as mulheres e, ao longo do tempo, quando os médicos não conseguiam descobrir a causa, pensavam que se tratasse de histeria em massa.