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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... never known pain, an affliction of shameful grief, to walk here today, among her own kind, looking at them as they were, seeing them, us, the human race, as visitors, from a space ship might see them.... But the most frightening thing ...
... never known pain, an affliction of shameful grief, to walk here today, among her own kind, looking at them as they were, seeing them, us, the human race, as visitors, from a space ship might see them.... But the most frightening thing ...
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... never been helped by the mental health professions but who had, in fact, been further abused: punitively labeled, overly tranquilized, sexually seduced while in treatment, hospitalized against their wills, given shock therapy ...
... never been helped by the mental health professions but who had, in fact, been further abused: punitively labeled, overly tranquilized, sexually seduced while in treatment, hospitalized against their wills, given shock therapy ...
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... never had been “mentally ill.” Some were humbled by what had happened and acknowledged that something had gone terribly wrong. Some refused psychiatric medication. Others claimed that medication had saved their lives. Millett, Johnston ...
... never had been “mentally ill.” Some were humbled by what had happened and acknowledged that something had gone terribly wrong. Some refused psychiatric medication. Others claimed that medication had saved their lives. Millett, Johnston ...
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... never be led by everything and everybody.” Adeline T. P. Lunt, (1871), of Massachusetts, noted that within the asylum, “the female patient must cease thinking or uttering any 'original expression'.” She must “study the art of doffing ...
... never be led by everything and everybody.” Adeline T. P. Lunt, (1871), of Massachusetts, noted that within the asylum, “the female patient must cease thinking or uttering any 'original expression'.” She must “study the art of doffing ...
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... sentence written by me: “Homosexuality is a normal variation in sexual expression.” e magnitude of the backlash surprised me. Never mind that homosexuality had been eliminated from the DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical.
... sentence written by me: “Homosexuality is a normal variation in sexual expression.” e magnitude of the backlash surprised me. Never mind that homosexuality had been eliminated from the DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical.
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