A History of Women's Bodies
by Edward Shorter
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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 socialTags
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Edward Shorter is the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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- Nonfiction, History, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
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- 362.1 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare People with physical illnesses
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- RG51 .S48 — Medicine Gynecology and Obstetrics Gynecology and obstetrics
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