Barbara Ehrenreich is author of the 2002 New York Times bestseller
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. She has written
nearly twenty books, and has been a columnist for Time magazine and
the New York Times. She has contributed to The Progressive,
Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., The New Republic, Z Magazine,
In These Times, and Salon.com.
Deirdre English is the former editor of Mother Jones magazine. She
has written for the Nation, New York Times Book Review, San
Francisco Magazine, S.F. Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Vogue, and
public radio and television. Currently, English is a professor at
University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
"In this follow-up to Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, Barbara
Ehrenrich and Deidre English look at the evolution of the medical
view of the female sex and how it has been used to reinforce the
social view of women. Beginning in the late 19th century, the fact
of women's inferiority was "proven" through medical science. Today,
the medical establishment still serves to give "scientific"
justifications for the sexist values of our society. The point here
is that medicine is not an objective, unbiased science; rather, it
reflects and supports the prevailing social attitudes. In their
quest for better healthcare, women need to address not only access
to care, but also the prejudices which affect that care."
from The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the
Community for Women; review by FGP
"In this follow-up to Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, Barbara
Ehrenrich and Deidre English look at the evolution of the medical
view of the female sex and how it has been used to reinforce the
social view of women. Beginning in the late 19th century, the fact
of women's inferiority was "proven" through medical science. Today,
the medical establishment still serves to give "scientific"
justifications for the sexist values of our society. The point here
is that medicine is not an objective, unbiased science; rather, it
reflects and supports the prevailing social attitudes. In their
quest for better healthcare, women need to address not only access
to care, but also the prejudices which affect that care."
—from The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the
Community for Women; review by FGP
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