For Her Own Good

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First published in 1978, this classic history, now revised and updated, brilliantly exposes the constraints imposed on women in the name of science Authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have 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 This edition of For Her Own Good provides today s readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism. Free Download Books For Her Own Good By Barbara Ehrenreich – kino-fada.fr Ehrenreich and English look at what kind of advice we ve been given for the last two hundred years Although they provide a good deal of social, political, economic, and general background to the development and evolution of experts, the part I found most fascinating was on the creation of what we consider medical doctors I hadn t realized how culturally specific, oft changing, and purposefully created our modern conception of medicine is For instance, the cultural ancestors of modern doctors Ehrenreich and English look at what kind of advice we ve been given for the last two hundred years Although they provide a good deal of social, political, economic, and general background to the development and evolution of experts, the part I found most fascinating was on the creation of what we consider medical doctors I hadn t realized how cul...Ok, as if being a woman in this society didn t already make you angry at the medical establishment and how they treat women and women s concerns, this book will infuriate you However, it is highly useful to see where these attitudes come from that are still prevalent in how medical professionals today treat women From being dismissed as hysteric, to branding something a syndrome without ever trying to get to the bottom of it, to pathologizing the experience of being a woman Great book, really Ok, as if being a woman in this society didn t already make you angry at the medical establishment and how they treat women and women s concerns, this book will infuriate you However, it is highly us...Ehrenreich put together a very comprehensive, well researched book on the effect of expert advice on women over a two hundred year span The chronicle is both hilarious and frightening We see women being celebrated as frail, delicate creatures whose reproductive organs are the source of every illness then later women are descended upon by psychologists and deemed too dangerous to run a family, having penis envy and ambition compelling them to kill their children Mothers were considered th Ehrenreich put together a very comprehensive, well researched book on the effect of expert advice on women over a two hundred year span The chronicle is both hilarious and frightening We see women being celebrated as frail, delicate creatures whose reproductive organs are the source of every illness then later women are descended upon by psychologists and deemed too dangerous to run a family, having penis envy and ambition compelling them to kill their children Mothers were considered...gender roles are social constructs. For Her Own Good is a historical survey of the many ways in which women have been told what to do for their own good by experts usually middle class white men over the past two hundred years The book includes sections on medicine, female health and sickness, homemaking, and child rearing, each one meticulously researched and extensively annotated The authors basic argument is that women have predomin...I absolutely loved Witches, Midwives and Nurses, so I thought this would be an expanded version of that And it s true that For Her Own Good was full of interesting facts But somehow, when I was done, I felt like I couldn t really summarize much of interest in a few words In fact, I was quite relieved to be done so I could move on to some light fiction although the book was full of interesting, often shocking, facts, reading it almost felt like homework by the end.I did dog ear a couple of I absolutely loved Witches, Midwives and Nurses, so I thought this would be an expanded version of that And it s true that For Her Own Good was full of interesting facts But somehow, when I was done, I felt like I couldn t really summarize much of interest in a few words In fact, I was quite relieved to be done so I could move on to some light fiction although the book was full of interesting, often shocking, facts, reading it almost felt like homework by the end.I did dog ear a couple of interesting quotes from the book A quote from an 1830s Grahamian on p 61 alas, the Graham...Actually super interesting, if impossible to summarize to anyone who casually asks so what are you reading without their eyes glazing over A tour de force through the history of the medical establishment, capitalism, psychiatry, chi...Finally Interesting history of the practice of medicine and treatment of women As a result, The Yellow Wallpaper and Mrs Dalloway have new meaning.I know why we were constantly have tea parties in home ec class andunderstanding for the airs put on by my teacher.I always thought Freud was twisted.The end is the woman question really is that the human values that women were assigned to preserve expand out of the confines of private life and become the organizing principles of socie Finally Interesting history of the practice of medicine and treatment of women As a result, The Yellow Wallpaper and Mrs Dalloway have new meaning.I know why we were constantly have tea parties in home ec class andunderstanding for the airs put on by my teacher.I always thought Freud was twisted.The end is the woman question really is that the human values that women were assigned to preserve expand out of the confines of private life and become the organizing principles of society A society that is organized around human neds a society in which child raising is not dismissed as each woman s individual problem, but in which the nuturance and well being of all children is a public priority a society in which healing is not a commodity distributed according toi the dictates of profit but is integral to the network of community life in which wisdom about daily life is not hoarded by experts or doled out as a commodity but is drawn...I enjoy Ehrenreich and her ideas about life and work In this book she gives a research filled history of how women were seen by medical doctors, psychologists, men, ad agencies, and employers It s almost vulgar to think of of frailty and sickness were sought after traits in an upper class woman It s fascinating to see how advice on things like femininity,...I treated this book as an artifact of second wave feminism originally published 1976 so I took it s perspective and all its lack of discussion of diversity with a grain of salt A few glaring spelling errors Johns Hopkins not John Hopkins and some grammatical snafus aside, this was a three star book that I learned a lot from I enjoyed the chapters on medicinethan those on domestic science but that is my own bias speaking The afterword was the most disappointing part Written in 2004 I treated this book as an artifact of second wave feminism originally published 1976 so I took it s perspective and all its lack of discussion of diversity with a grain of salt A few glaring spelling errors Johns Hopkins not John Hopkins and some grammatical snafus aside, t...

For Her Own Good
  • English
  • 07 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 410 pages
  • 1400078008
  • Barbara Ehrenreich
  • For Her Own Good