Chapter 2 Is Out Now!!!

Chapter 2 is out now!!!

I didn’t realize that the note for the first chapter wasn’t showing up but I fixed it.

Female Hysteria

This isn't about The Glass Scientists at all but I was reading a bit about female hysteria in the 18th and 19th centuries and I'm SHOCKED.

Apparently the "condition" was thought to be brought about by the uterus wandering around the body. Most women who were diagnosed with it simply had behaviors that made men uncomfortable. Some examples of this are nervousness, emotional outbursts, a tendency to cause trouble for others, And the loss of interest in sex as well as sexual forwardness.

It was said that both men and women could "contract" hysteria but only women were affected because of their "lazy and irritable nature".

Some symptoms they thought related to female hysteria included dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, blindness, muscle spasms, trouble swallowing, seizures, and more.

But what really surprised me was the treatment. The treatments and recommendations to fix it were sex, pregnancy, or a "pelvic massage" performed by either the husband at home or the doctor himself.

So not only was this fake condition used to invalidate women's emotions (and symptoms of real mental disorders like depression) and develop the idea that the very presence of a uterus was a physical ailment, but it was also used to make women into a sexual object for not only their husbands but their doctors as well because it was "prescribed".

Apparently, in "extreme cases" the woman was sent to an insane asylum and sometimes forced to undergo a hysterectomy (a surgical removal of the uterus).

(If I got any facts wrong or you have any other information on this topic I would love to hear about it).

The first chapter

The story of how Jekyll came to London and worked his way to the top.

I know this is a very important page showing Frankenstein’s perspective…. But…

LOOK AT THESE CUTIES!!!!

It’s so cool to see who we’re the first lodgers to join the society.

Also the Society looks so empty back then.

Here’s another cutsy edit :D

Sorry the first part is a black screen.

I’m EXTREMELY new to the edit making world and it’s so fun!!! But unfortunately I decided to start AFTER a bunch of music was taken off of tiktok and my videos keep getting muted :(

But luckily for me there are other places I can share stuff I make. So here we are!

Frankie in the corner

But seriously I’m OBSESSED with this page!!

Jekyll being like “you hid it well, if it helps. I don’t think they noticed” SO CUTE!!!!!

Like it’s sad but cute because they’re bonding over their sadness.

There are so many similarities in their stories with how sort of angry they are at the world for hating them and their science. And on the outside it feels like they handled it differently but THEY DIDNT.

Frankenstein put herself into exile and excepted that no one would accept her science.

And In her eyes and the eyes of any outsider, Jekyll did the opposite. He DIDNT accept it and went to the public and tried to show them how amazing science can be.

And he did do that but all the whole still being scared of going to far.

The entire time he is hiding his mad science and is so scared of people finding about Hyde and hating him for it.

He puts himself in sort of a mental exhale in a way with how he has to hide such important aspect about himself.

Anyway long rant and it might not even make sense cause I couldn’t figure out how to word it but the point is I really likes this page 😌