ABSTRACT
What has been the source of women's oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies. Exploring five centuries of medical records and folklore from Europe and the US, he shows how pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecological disease have kept women in positions of social
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|32 pages
Women, Men, and Bodies
part Two|192 pages
A History of the Birth Experience
part Three|72 pages
Other Physical Differences Between Men and Women
