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Gabriella Pearson is the co-founder of the Menstrual Health Project and has suffered from endometriosis since was a child and has had five operations to help with her diagnosis and pain management.

A new report by the Women鈥檚 Equality Committee says 'medical misogyny' within the reproductive health sector is failing women.

The MPs warn that women with reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding are frequently finding their symptoms 鈥榥ormalised鈥� and their 鈥榩ain dismissed鈥�.

The 32-year-old said: 鈥淲hen you are chronically ill, you do learn to just mask and get on with it because that鈥檚 what you鈥檙e told your whole life, especially as a woman, that you should just 鈥榩ut up and shut up鈥�.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 sad that we normalise pain that we shouldn鈥檛 normalise,鈥� she told 5 Live Breakfast.

This clip is originally from 5 Live Breakfast on December 11th 2024.