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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... treatment, hospitalized against their wills, given shock therapy, lobotomized, and above all, unnecessarily ... treated or hospitalized—women who refused to eat or who refused to marry, women who were unable to leave home, or to lead ...
... treatment, hospitalized against their wills, given shock therapy, lobotomized, and above all, unnecessarily ... treated or hospitalized—women who refused to eat or who refused to marry, women who were unable to leave home, or to lead ...
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... in their own lth and in solitary connement, the absence of kindness or reason —which passed for “treatment.” ese historical accounts brought tears to my eyes. I found an extraordinary rst-person account by Elizabeth Packard, whose.
... in their own lth and in solitary connement, the absence of kindness or reason —which passed for “treatment.” ese historical accounts brought tears to my eyes. I found an extraordinary rst-person account by Elizabeth Packard, whose.
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... treated with kindness or medical expertise. I had also discovered that some rather accomplished women—the sculptor Camille Claudel, the writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Lara Jefferson, and Sylvia Plath, the actress Frances ...
... treated with kindness or medical expertise. I had also discovered that some rather accomplished women—the sculptor Camille Claudel, the writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Lara Jefferson, and Sylvia Plath, the actress Frances ...
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... treated merely as a sensation, or sharply criticized, by those in positions of power within the professions. My statistics and theories were “wrong,” I had “overstated” my case regarding the institutions of marriage and psychiatry, I'd ...
... treated merely as a sensation, or sharply criticized, by those in positions of power within the professions. My statistics and theories were “wrong,” I had “overstated” my case regarding the institutions of marriage and psychiatry, I'd ...
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... treated as an Insane person, or a Monomaniac, simply for the expression of opinions, no matter how absurd these opinions may appear to others.” Packard was actually trying to enforce the First Amendment on behalf of women! Packard also ...
... treated as an Insane person, or a Monomaniac, simply for the expression of opinions, no matter how absurd these opinions may appear to others.” Packard was actually trying to enforce the First Amendment on behalf of women! Packard also ...
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