Woman's inhumanity to woman / Phyllis Chesler.
Title:
Woman's inhumanity to woman / Phyllis Chesler.
ISBN:
9781569762783
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Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]
©2009
Physical Description:
1 online resource
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Introduction to the 2009 edition -- Introduction -- The animal within : the female of the species -- Indirect aggression among girls and teenagers -- Woman's sexism -- The mother-daughter relationship in fairy tale, myth, and Greek tragedy -- Some psychoanalytic views of the mother-daughter relationship -- The "good enough" mother and her persecution of the "good enough" daughter -- Sisters and the search for best friends -- Women in the workplace -- Women in groups -- Psychological ethics.
Summary:
Feminist treatise on the ways women undermine progress for equality and independence through aggressive behaviors as revealed in myths, plays, psychoanalysis, memoirs, and liberation theories. Calls on women to be a source of support for one another to facilitate emotional intimacy and bonding.
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