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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451708903321

Autore

Silverstein Brett

Titolo

The cost of competence [[electronic resource] ] : why inequality causes depression, eating disorders, and illness in women / / Brett Silverstein, Deborah Perlick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

1-280-52580-0

9786610525805

0-19-802344-8

1-4294-0637-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PerlickDeborah

Disciplina

155.6/33

Soggetti

Achievement motivation in women

Anxiety in women

Depression in women

Eating disorders

Self-esteem in women

Sex role

Somatic symptom disorder

Women - Mental health - Sociological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Curves and Competence; 2 The Disease of Young Women; 3 Depression; 4 Anxious Somatic Depression; 5 Tying the Knot: Marriage, Childbearing, and Sexuality; 6 Daughters and Sons; 7 Idealized Fathers, Devalued Mothers; 8 Adolescence; 9 Gender Ambivalence; 10 Anxious Somatic Depression During Periods of Changing Gender Roles; 11 Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment; Appendixes; A: Depression, Disordered Eating, and Somatic Symptoms Among Eminent Women; B: Model of the Development of the Symptoms of Anxious Somatic Depression

C: Methods and Results of Unpublished Studies Cited in This



BookReferences and Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging assumptions about anorexic or depressed women, this study argues that it is time to examine more deeply the widespread prejudices within our society that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure.