Title
Complaints and Disorders
Subtitle
The Sexual Politics of Sickness
"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." A longer book of the same title was published in 2011.
Publisher
Old Westbury, N.Y. : Feminist Press
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Erenreich, Barbara
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.
Sub Author
English, Deirdre