Issues of Blood

The Politics of Menstruation
1990. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-333-48234-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

An approach to the subject of menstruation which claims that women's feelings about their periods are shaped by men's attitudes and the imposition of their views on women. Sophie Law's research covered men as lovers, fathers, husbands, doctors and "experts".

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laws, Sophie

Campling, Jo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why does menstruation matter?; pollution, taboo and etiquette; "a sick joke" - male culture on menstruation; interpreting attitudes towards menstruation - is reproduction central?; menstruation and sexuality - new rules for old; gynaecology - one patriarchal mode of knowledge on menstruation; men's views of menstrual pain - a failure of empathy; mood change and the menstrual cycle - the meaning of premenstrual tension.

Über Autor(innen)

SOPHIE LAWS is Research Worker/Co-ordinator for Physical Disability Services for West Lambeth Health Authority. She has been a feminist activist for many years, with a particular interest in women's health issues, and is a founder member of the collective. She is co-author of and