Women's Bodies
A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:31st Dec '90
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What has been the source of women's oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies. Exploring five centuries of medical records and folklore from Europe and the US, he shows how pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecological disease have kept women in positions of social
ISBN: 9780887388484
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 680g
414 pages