Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by dotancohen on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:17PM
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So stop calling MSG sensitivity "chinese restaurant syndrome". Do you suppose that hysteria does not exist because it is a sexist term?
Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by bobthepanda on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:24PM
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Hysteria is no longer a valid mental diagnosis according to the APA, so yes.
Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by newen on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:38PM
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And they removed it as a valid mental diagnosis because it has sexist connotations? I doubt it though considering current political climate, I wouldn’t be surprised. His point still stands, however.
Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by bobthepanda on Monday December 21, 2020 @02:46PM
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It was removed as a mental diagnosis because it only applied to women and basically functioned as a catch-all for "we don't understand why women are freaking out." It was overly broad as to be unhelpful.
The diagnoses that have succeeded it do not only apply to women, and they also have more specific requirements.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-msg-got-a-bad-rap-f...
And funny enough there's another comment saying
> If the only food they know to contain MSG is Chinese food then it’s a stretch to call that racism.
and that's exactly where this hoax started
after all, it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots when the vernacular for msg problems is "chinese restaurant syndrome"