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The Frailty Myth

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Frailty Myth

By Colette Dowling

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About the book

Can women be equal to men as long as men are physically stronger? And are men, in fact, stronger? These are key questions that Colette Dowling, author of the bestselling The Cinderella Complex , raises in her provocative new book. The myth of female frailty, with its roots in nineteenth-century medicine and misogyny, has had a damaging effect on women's health, social status, and physical safety. It is Dowling's controversial thesis that women succumb to societal pressures to appear weak in ord...Show more

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ISBN

9780375758157

Publisher

Random House Trade

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Frailty Myth

Format

Paperback

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