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Riding the Second Wave: How Feminism Changed Women's Psychology and Mine
In her new exploration of the impact feminism has had on her life, Jessica Heriot, PhD, explains the concept of the double bind. The double bind, as Heriot learned in 1972, describes women's struggle with two incompatible alternatives. For Heriot, who discovered women's liberation in 1969 and never looked back, it was a term that described a very old and familiar dilemma.
It was her new understanding of the double bind that reminded Heriot of her mother and her own trials. She gained new insight into the troubles of previous generations of women and the changes that might help the next. In this insightful memoir, an exploration of the intersection between psychotherapy and feminism, Heriot documents her own struggles with the double bind. She also shows the incredible feminist legacy that she both honors and contributed to through her work as a therapist.
Heriot also touches upon such crucial issues as body politics, abortion, eating disorders, menstruation, orgasms, incest, aging, and the future of feminist therapy. She encourages readers to never give up the fight for equality and to pass their wisdom along to the next generation of feminists.
It was her new understanding of the double bind that reminded Heriot of her mother and her own trials. She gained new insight into the troubles of previous generations of women and the changes that might help the next. In this insightful memoir, an exploration of the intersection between psychotherapy and feminism, Heriot documents her own struggles with the double bind. She also shows the incredible feminist legacy that she both honors and contributed to through her work as a therapist.
Heriot also touches upon such crucial issues as body politics, abortion, eating disorders, menstruation, orgasms, incest, aging, and the future of feminist therapy. She encourages readers to never give up the fight for equality and to pass their wisdom along to the next generation of feminists.
142 pages, Paperback
Published November 7, 2017
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March 29, 2020
Letade second wave-litt inför Misbehaviour-premiären, sedd samma eftermiddag för två veckor sedan, på den sista biografen på jorden. Fann den här boken och omslaget sade mig att det skulle handla om en ungefär 30-åring som känner sig empowered av släktens kvinnor som kämpat i motsv. Grupp 8 i USA.
Så var det emellertid inte alls. När man tar boken i sin hand känns den egenpublicerad på det lite tveksamma sättet och första raden på baksidan har ett dumt tryckfel... Författaren är pensionerad psykoterapeut och hon skriver om sitt liv. Eftersom mycket handlar om hennes arbetsliv kan den läsas som en redogörelse för psykologins framväxt och utveckling och jag tyckte om den i slutändan.
Så var det emellertid inte alls. När man tar boken i sin hand känns den egenpublicerad på det lite tveksamma sättet och första raden på baksidan har ett dumt tryckfel... Författaren är pensionerad psykoterapeut och hon skriver om sitt liv. Eftersom mycket handlar om hennes arbetsliv kan den läsas som en redogörelse för psykologins framväxt och utveckling och jag tyckte om den i slutändan.
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