Women’s Madness: Misogyny or Mental Illness? Women’s Madness: Misogyny or Mental Illness by Jane M. Ussher was the book I chose to study. The book was published in 1991 by Harvester Wheatsheaf. I chose Women’s Madness because I feel that women’s mental health is overlooked and mistreated. Ussher does a great job of acknowledging men’s madness, but also researching how a woman's health is affected by living in a misogynistic world. As the title suggests, the book is about finding the common cause of women’s mental health issues, and whether their issues are truly a problem of self or if they are caused by deep rooted misogyny. Women’s Madness starts off with an insight into Ussher’s childhood. She tells a story about how her mother had gone …show more content…
She went on to study psychology and treated both men and women, which gives her the validity to write this book. In Women’s Madness, Ussher brings up points from many other researchers and past/present cultural norms that prove women’s madness doesn’t stem from mental illness but instead stems from misogyny. Jane M. Ussher talks about the sociological concepts of gender and culture. She analyzes how much the differences in gender and how hatred and misogyny can affect one group (women). She also examines many different examples of norms in society that belittle women in distinct cultures. Both concepts go hand in hand throughout the book as misogyny plays a critical role in the influence of both. The concept of misogyny is important to Ussher’s discussion of gender. It is mentioned early on that women are seen as the “Other” and men are the “One”. This sets a huge divide between the two genders and is part of the reason as to why women are mad. The author goes into the detail of how misogynistic sexual assault and rape is and how it shouldn’t be misconstrued as men not being able to hold back their desire, but that it is a powerful
Hudson Keel ID#0401542 ENG 101 Professors. The.. Dent 04/9/2024 A Fallen Monument In the story "A Rose, for Emily" by William Faulkner, Emily Grierson symbolizes the South's decline and the conflicts between tradition and change. Her character represents the deterioration of a respected community member who clings to remnants of the past in the face of inevitable transformation. Faulkner uses imagery and compelling storytelling to depict Emily Grierson as a figure evoking sympathy and intrigue
College athletes should be paid! College athletes are often considered to be some of the luckiest students in the world. Most of them receiving all inclusive scholarships that cover all the costs of their education. They are also in a position to make a reputation for themselves in the sporting world preparing them for the next step. The ongoing debate whether student athletes should be paid has been going on for years. These athletes bring in millions of dollars for their respective schools and
Chapter 1 Brief summary of the novels The ‘Golden Notebook’ by Doris Lessing is a speculative fiction that deals with the mental and social breakdown of the protagonist Anna Wulf, and portrays her and her closest companion Molly Jacobs’ realistic life. During her life, Anna writes four notebooks- a Black one, which records her experiences before and after world war; a Red one where she writes about being a member of the Communist party; Yellow notebook is a storehouse of her emotional life, holding
effectiveness of her muckraking. The breadth of her fame is going to be examined, through biographies and first hand accounts of her story, in order to assess her impact around the world and on the way the people of the time viewed women professionals. B: Summary of Evidence Originally born Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, Bly has made many significant strides in the world of women journalism. She was born in 1864, and was a female muckraker during the Progressive era. (Christensen 1) After landing a job with the
Comparing Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres and William Shakespeare's King Lear Jane Smiley's novel A Thousand Acres is a modern version of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The tragic ideas brought out by King Lear are revisited in A Thousand Acres both containing universal themes in which societies from past to present can identify with. Tragedy is a form of drama that depicts the suffering of a heroic individual who is often overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. The novel
Expectations in the Movie The Hours We expect those endowed with a gift - be it artistic, intellectual or circumstantial - to cultivate that gift and use it as a vehicle for excellence in life. In the movie The Hours Virginia Woolf, the 20th Century British author; Laura Brown, a doted-upon 1951 Los Angeles housewife; and Clarissa Vaughan, a 2001 New York editor; struggle with their gifts and the expectations they, and others, have for themselves. All three women are obsessed with finding the
Characters of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare The title "What you Will" is a perfect summary of the whole play. This story is about deception in character, being something you are not; whether it being disguising gender, true feelings or beliefs. We never no the real to why Viola chose to disguise her gender. We must assume that she wants to conceal her identity until she has gathered enough information about where she is and maybe feels safer dressed as a boy. He is resourceful and
History of one of the late Queens of France began in 1755 in Vienna, Austria, when the fifteenth child of Holy Roman Emperor Frances I and Hapsburg empress Maria Theresa was born—she was dubbed Marie Antoinette. To ensure her usefulness as a princess, the pre-teenager was promised to the future king of France, Louis-Auguste (the future Louis XVI), to guarantee the alliance between the French and Hapsburg royalty. At fifteen and sixteen, the two “lovers” were married (by proxy) in Marie Antoinette’s
The Duchess of Malfi - Character Summary "The birds that live i' th' field On the wild benefit of nature, live Happier than we; for they may choose their mates, And carol their sweet pleasures to the spring." The Duchess of Malfi (3.5.18-21) The Duchess of Malfi: Character Summary A widow, the duchess rules her duchy alone. Lonely and in love, she secretly marries her steward Antonio. This is done in a hand-fast marriage witnessed by Cariola, the Duchess' hand-maiden. By choosing
The Odyssey Set in ancient Greece, The Odyssey is about the hero Odysseus' long-awaited return from the Trojan War to his homeland, Ithaca, after ten years of wandering. The current action of The Odyssey occupies the last six weeks of the ten years, and the narrative includes many places - Olympus, Ithaca, Pylos, Pherae, Sparta, Ogygia, and Scheria. In Books 9-12, Odysseus narrates the story of his travels in the years after the fall of Troy, and this narrative includes other far-flung places