The Myth of Women's Masochism /

The Myth of Women's Masochism / / Paula J. Caplan.

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Soon after publication in 1985, The Myth of Women's Masochism became one of the most influential works in women's psychology. Paula Caplan rejects the accepted wisdom that women enjoy pain and abuse, and argues that, on the contrary, much of the pain women endure is to avoid further, or wo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Caplan, Paula J.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1993
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the 1993 Edition
  • 1. Why Do You Do This to Yourself?
  • 2. What the “Experts” Have Said
  • 3. Mothers
  • 4. The Child’s Growth Toward “Masochism”: “Expert” Opinion and Reality
  • 5. Women in Relationships with Men
  • 6. Women’s Bodies
  • 7. Women as Victims of Violence
  • 8. Women at Work
  • 9. Women in Therapy
  • 10. The Beginning
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical References
  • Index

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