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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... less fortunate than themselves, who did not survive the brutal beatings, near-drownings, and force-feedings, the body-restraints, the long periods in their own lth and in solitary connement, the absence of kindness or reason —which ...
... less fortunate than themselves, who did not survive the brutal beatings, near-drownings, and force-feedings, the body-restraints, the long periods in their own lth and in solitary connement, the absence of kindness or reason —which ...
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... less likely to gender-stereotype still exhibit an (o en unconscious) preference for men over women. eir sexism may be sophisticated, subtle. Sometimes, female clinicians are much harder on women than are male clinicians. ey may ...
... less likely to gender-stereotype still exhibit an (o en unconscious) preference for men over women. eir sexism may be sophisticated, subtle. Sometimes, female clinicians are much harder on women than are male clinicians. ey may ...
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... less than their male counterparts, and remain as vulnerable to male violence as other women are, in what sense are they middle class? If a working-class woman is the (only) head of household, and is treated with the respect usually ...
... less than their male counterparts, and remain as vulnerable to male violence as other women are, in what sense are they middle class? If a working-class woman is the (only) head of household, and is treated with the respect usually ...
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... 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 talking someone into paying me less.” RACE BIASES I do not assume that the more a.
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... less likely to report it to the police or to their families and, with dire consequences, less likely to seek help. If a woman is poor, or speaks no English, her chances of getting the psychological help she may need are o en minimal ...
... less likely to report it to the police or to their families and, with dire consequences, less likely to seek help. If a woman is poor, or speaks no English, her chances of getting the psychological help she may need are o en minimal ...
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