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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed and a former editor in chief Mother Jones, this women's history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame womens behavior in the nineteenth century to the censure of a generation of mothers as castrators in the 1950s, doctors have not hesitated to intervene in womens sexual, emotional, and maternal lives. Even domesticity, the most popular prescription for a safe environment for women, spawned legions of scientific experts. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English has never lost faith in science itself, but insist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. For Her Own Good provides todays readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism. The authors present provocative new perspectives on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781400078004
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