Complaints & Disorders [Complaints and Disorders]: The Sexual

Complaints & Disorders [Complaints and Disorders]: The Sexual Politics of Sickness (Contemporary Classics)

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.
Country USA
Brand Feminist Press
Manufacturer The Feminist Press at CUNY
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new-Feb172017-c0001510
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781558616950
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Complaints & Disorders [Complaints and Disorders]: The Sexual Politics of Sickness (Contemporary Classics)