num_pages: 414
description: What has been the source of women's oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies. Exploring five centuries of medical records and folklore from Europe and the US, he shows how pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecological disease have kept women in positions of social
language: English
title: Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine
titlecomplete: Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine
genres: Medicine, History, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Routledge