WGST 1808 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ageism, Douche, Morning Sickness
13 Apr 2015
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Open book, can bring printed notes, textbook, dictionary. Something having to do with rape culture, change in society, relationships between men and women; One having to do with identity and the body, fatphobia, bolemia, etc. He said, she said : concepts of masculinity and femininity in society. In essay answers, try to say as talked about in reading x or as discussed in film y . Focused on everything from the break until today. Lunacy: in today"s use is the definition of insanely or wildly foolish. Old use referred to intermittent insanity which changed with the phases of the moon. Women have historically been associated with the moon. Thus lunacy was perceived for hundreds of years as primarily a woman"s disorder. Hysteria: attributed to women before common era by medical professionals; considered related to demons; later (19th century) considered as a physical disease and treated with therapy. Concept of hysterical neuroses existed until 1980s as an officially recognized psychiatric ailment.
