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Doctors Call For Adam’s Apple, Achilles Tendon To Be Renamed Because They’re ‘Misogynistic’

Joseph Curl
Doctors Call For Adam’s Apple, Achilles Tendon To Be Renamed Because They’re ‘Misogynistic’
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A pair of doctors in Australia want to do away with terms like “Adam’s apple” and “Achilles tendon,” with one doctor calling them misogynistic.

Dr. Kristin Small, a Queensland specialist obstetrician, gynecologist, and anatomy lecturer, calls for the terms to be phased out, saying they represent older generations.

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