Status Updates From The Myth of Empowerment: Wo...

Correction, she cherry picked articles on depression and marriage. On top of that, the article is from the 1990s and outdated.

This book talks about psychotherapy yet doesn't mention anything about more women being diagnosed with depression. Very disappointing. There is no survey data on women's experiences with psychotherapy.

Maybe the title should have been. "The Myth of Empowerment: The Women's Self in the Domestic Sphere."

More of a philosophical discussion of women's place in society

Stop cherry-picking your evidence!

How can Margaret be constrained by a myth that society doesn't believe in? She's claiming that she has to take personal responsibility. If anything, that's because the community has broken down. Her statements aren't contextless. If you look at her comments in context of what is happening in 1980s' society, her values make sense. Therefore, her values aren't naive, but a reflection of the larger world.

How is it that she mentions women and hysteria yet claims her analysis will be different because she chooses psychotherapy and not psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis has had a huge influence on psychotherapy, and it was with psychoanalysis that women were diagnosed with hysteria. How can she not discuss it?

I'm ready to throw this book against the wall.

If we continue fervently to privilege the inner world we will be less likely to foment trouble outside it.

The discourse of stress attempts.to address the question of women's place by locating her problems within a medical and.psychological context rather.than in the sociopolitical domain.

"Power is not personal fulfillment, self-esteem, relational skill, or an improved ability to cope with or adapt to familial, social, or societal expectations."