Complaints and Disorders

The Sexual Politics of Sickness

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, History, Health, Women&, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
Cover of the book Complaints and Disorders by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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Author: Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English ISBN: 9781558616967
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Publication: July 1, 2011
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY Language: English
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
ISBN: 9781558616967
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Publication: July 1, 2011
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Language: English

From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today.

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From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today.

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