Women and MadnessAllen Lane, 1974 - 338 pagine Feminist Icon Phyllis Chesler's Pioneering Work, Women and Madness, Remains Startlingly relevant today, over thirty years since its initial publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this seminal book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. In this new edition, Chesler's original research and findings are supported by her perspectives on today's issues related to the subjects in the original book including: eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychiatry, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more. Book jacket. |
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... feminine ' role is the most stressful and dramatically punished of all female offences in our society . Let's compare the ' psychiatric patient careers ' of the least ' feminine ' of the women- the lesbians - with those of the most ' ...
... feminine ' role is the most stressful and dramatically punished of all female offences in our society . Let's compare the ' psychiatric patient careers ' of the least ' feminine ' of the women- the lesbians - with those of the most ' ...
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... femininity ' in both psychiatric and social settings - up to a certain point - as long as the woman is young and / or attractive . The totally attractive ' feminine ' woman is not usually hospitalized . ( She may still be ' depressed ...
... femininity ' in both psychiatric and social settings - up to a certain point - as long as the woman is young and / or attractive . The totally attractive ' feminine ' woman is not usually hospitalized . ( She may still be ' depressed ...
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... feminine ' ways , subtly or overtly , on or off the job , and still view themselves as ' feminine ' . * Recently a number of feminists have argued , rather cog- ently , that women constitute a caste.38 Essentially they are correct ; sex ...
... feminine ' ways , subtly or overtly , on or off the job , and still view themselves as ' feminine ' . * Recently a number of feminists have argued , rather cog- ently , that women constitute a caste.38 Essentially they are correct ; sex ...
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