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- catalog abstract ""In The Cost of Competence, authors Brett Silverstein and Deborah Perlick argue that rather than simply labeling individual women as, say, anorexic or depressed, it is time to look harder at the widespread prejudices within our society and child-rearing practices that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure. They argue that continuing to treat depression, anxiety, anorexia and bulimia as separate disorders in young women can, in many cases, be a misguided approach since they are really part of a single syndrome. Furthermore, their fascinating research into the lives of forty prominent women from Elizabeth I to Eleanor Roosevelt show that these symptoms have been disrupting the lives of bright, ambitious women not for decades, but for centuries." "Drawing on all the latest findings, rare historical research, cross-cultural comparisons, and their own study of over 2,000 contemporary women attending high schools and colleges, the authors present powerful new evidence to support the existence of a syndrome they call anxious somatic depression." "The authors show that identifying this devastating syndrome is a first step toward its prevention and cure. The Cost of Competence presents an urgent message to parents, educators, policymakers, and the medical community on the crucial importance of providing young women with equal opportunity, and equal respect."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7472163.
- catalog contributor b7472164.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""In The Cost of Competence, authors Brett Silverstein and Deborah Perlick argue that rather than simply labeling individual women as, say, anorexic or depressed, it is time to look harder at the widespread prejudices within our society and child-rearing practices that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure. They argue that continuing to treat depression, anxiety, anorexia and bulimia as separate disorders in young women can, in many cases, be a misguided approach since they are really part of a single syndrome. Furthermore, their fascinating research into the lives of forty prominent women from Elizabeth I to Eleanor Roosevelt show that these symptoms have been disrupting the lives of bright, ambitious women not for decades, but for centuries." "Drawing on all the latest findings, rare historical research, cross-cultural comparisons, and their own study of over 2,000 contemporary women attending high schools and colleges, the authors present powerful new evidence to support the existence of a syndrome they call anxious somatic depression." "The authors show that identifying this devastating syndrome is a first step toward its prevention and cure. The Cost of Competence presents an urgent message to parents, educators, policymakers, and the medical community on the crucial importance of providing young women with equal opportunity, and equal respect."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195069862 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "155.6/33 20".
- catalog subject "1995 I-638".
- catalog subject "Achievement motivation in women.".
- catalog subject "Anxiety in women.".
- catalog subject "Anxiety.".
- catalog subject "Depression in women.".
- catalog subject "Depression, Mental.".
- catalog subject "Depressive Disorder psychology.".
- catalog subject "Eating Disorders psychology.".
- catalog subject "Eating disorders.".
- catalog subject "Gender Identity.".
- catalog subject "Prejudice.".
- catalog subject "RC451.4.W6 S58 1995".
- catalog subject "Self-esteem in women.".
- catalog subject "Sex role.".
- catalog subject "Somatization disorder.".
- catalog subject "Somatoform Disorders psychology.".
- catalog subject "WM 460.5.W6 S587c 1995".
- catalog subject "Women Mental health Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Women psychology.".
- catalog title "The cost of competence : why inequality causes depression, eating disorders, and illness in women / Brett Silverstein, Deborah Perlick.".
- catalog type "text".