Complaints and Disorders
The Sexual Politics of Sickness
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, History, Health, Women&, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| 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.
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.
