{"product_id":"9781558616950","title":"Complaints \u0026 Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom prescribing the \"rest cure\" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eBright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeirdre English\u003c\/b\u003e, former editor of \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040383516912,"sku":"9781558616950","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558616950_p0.jpg?v=1763758106","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558616950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}