Women and MadnessChicago Review Press, 4 set 2018 - 432 pagine Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this landmark book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print, this completely revised and updated edition adds perspectives on eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychology, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more. |
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... important volume titled Women of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Walls, 1840–1945 (1994). I had read and written about some of these accounts—but even I had no idea that so many superb eyewitness accounts really existed. For example ...
... important volume titled Women of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Walls, 1840–1945 (1994). I had read and written about some of these accounts—but even I had no idea that so many superb eyewitness accounts really existed. For example ...
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... far angrier at their mothers than at the fathers who raped them, far angrier at the women who refused to believe that they were raped than at their rapists. Precisely because female-female intimacy and sympathy are so important.
... far angrier at their mothers than at the fathers who raped them, far angrier at the women who refused to believe that they were raped than at their rapists. Precisely because female-female intimacy and sympathy are so important.
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... important areas: (1) Women—and to a lesser extent, men—with medical illnesses are o en, and wrongfully, psychiatrically diagnosed and medicated; (2) Women who allege rape, incest, battery, sex discrimination, or harassment are being ...
... important areas: (1) Women—and to a lesser extent, men—with medical illnesses are o en, and wrongfully, psychiatrically diagnosed and medicated; (2) Women who allege rape, incest, battery, sex discrimination, or harassment are being ...
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... importance of getting paid for one's work and feel pride in their ability to pay their bills. People with less money can nd it very hard to take what they perceive as 'charity,' and I have sometimes found myself in the odd position of ...
... importance of getting paid for one's work and feel pride in their ability to pay their bills. People with less money can nd it very hard to take what they perceive as 'charity,' and I have sometimes found myself in the odd position of ...
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... important to remember that women of color are more at risk than their white counterparts. For example, according to one study, 78 percent of the women who were killed in New York City were killed at home by their husbands and boyfriends ...
... important to remember that women of color are more at risk than their white counterparts. For example, according to one study, 78 percent of the women who were killed in New York City were killed at home by their husbands and boyfriends ...
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