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Beyond treating severe mental illness, what horrifying reason did doctors frequently use to lobotomize women in the 1950s?

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Beyond treating severe mental illness, what horrifying reason did doctors frequently use to lobotomize women in the 1950s?

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Beyond treating severe mental illness, what horrifying reason did doctors frequently use to lobotomize women in the 1950s?
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