The pseudoscientific discourse of the Spanish and Latin American press on syndromes related to women
Abstract
The discourse on health has an important presence in the informative discourse of the press. The aim of this study is to analyze, from a gender perspective, the pseudoscientific discourse around some syndromes related to women that are repeatedly alluded to in the current press and the terms that are created to define them. For this purpose, we have worked with a corpus of texts published in the Spanish and Latin American digital press obtained from the DISMUPREN database. Firstly, we have selected 123 names of syndromes that do not appear in dictionaries and/or medical manuals; secondly, we have analyzed the lexical formation procedures; thirdly, we have highlighted the most characteristic features of the pseudoscientific discourse in which they are inserted. The analysis shows that, despite advances, in many media discourses an institutionalized sexism persists that pathologizes women's behavior more easily than men's behavior.
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