{"product_id":"for-her-own-good-barbara-ehrenreich-9781400078004","title":"For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women","description":"From the bestselling author of \u003cb\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/b\u003e and a former editor in chief \u003cb\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, this women's history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts' diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame women's behavior in the nineteenth century to the censure of a generation of mothers as castrators in the 1950s, doctors have not hesitated to intervene in women's sexual, emotional, and maternal lives. Even domesticity, the most popular prescription for a safe environment for women, spawned legions of \"scientific\" experts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English has never lost faith in science itself, but insist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. \u003ci\u003eFor Her Own Good\u003c\/i\u003e provides today's readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400078008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400078004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 113","brand":"Barbara Ehrenreich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047308062975,"sku":"9781400078004","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_266a95b6-df38-4784-8e96-5762ab126477.jpg?v=1684989462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-her-own-good-barbara-ehrenreich-9781400078004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}