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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... husband once each year ( in winter , when no crops could grow ) , but her union with him remained a barren one . Persephone was childless . Neither husband nor child – no stranger would ever claim her as his own . Persephone belonged to ...
... husband once each year ( in winter , when no crops could grow ) , but her union with him remained a barren one . Persephone was childless . Neither husband nor child – no stranger would ever claim her as his own . Persephone belonged to ...
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... husband's indif- ference toward her offerings and how unfortunate her marital life had been ... this led her to talk about her own frustrated love life and her frigidity . . . resentfully she expressed her conviction that her husband ...
... husband's indif- ference toward her offerings and how unfortunate her marital life had been ... this led her to talk about her own frustrated love life and her frigidity . . . resentfully she expressed her conviction that her husband ...
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... husband found a girl - friend - I didn't complain , marriage is not a bed of roses - and my multiple sclerosis symptoms started . My husband told me to get shock therapy , that my symptoms were in my head . Lucky we couldn't afford it ...
... husband found a girl - friend - I didn't complain , marriage is not a bed of roses - and my multiple sclerosis symptoms started . My husband told me to get shock therapy , that my symptoms were in my head . Lucky we couldn't afford it ...
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