Resource Tag: FEMINISM

This article describes an Anti-Depression, Anti-Suicide group established by the author in order to treat depression in young women. This group used feminist & narrative theory. The author helped the group objectify depression & remove the cultural stigma attached to it as a “woman’s disease.” External factors that contributed to depression are noted, such as […]

This is a brief biography of Charlotte Gilman, a leading feminist of the late 19th and early 20th century. She committed suicide in old age when dying of cancer.

The authors were co-chairs of a panel which made the following presentations: 1) interpersonal experiences of adolescent women who have attempted suicide, by Bettridge & Favreau; 2) leisure attitudes of women who are depressed & suicidal, by Malkin; 3) women as survivors of suicide: integration as opposed to resolution, by Sapsford; & 4) suicidal adolescent […]

The influence of feminism/religiosity on attitudes toward suicide was explored among national samples of 4,946 females & 4,475 men. 2 models are tested: 1) religiosity should have an impact on suicide ideology through lowering feminism; & 2) feminism should have a positive impact on suicide ideology through lowering religiosity. A LISREL analysis finds support for […]

Basic issues in the sexual abuse of children within the family are addressed. Cultural roots are discussed & insights of the feminist model are applied. Studies of incidence & prevalence are reviewed, as are studies linking early sexual abuse with a range of serious physical & psychosocial sequelae. The author discusses treatment models & goals […]

This study investigates womens’ attitudes towards death and dying. Also documented are the attitudes of feminists and non-feminists, women with and without children, and non-religious and religious women. A sample of 894 women drawn from two women’s organizations completed a 79-item questionnaire containing 26 death-related questions. Results are obtained by Chi Square analysis.

The author has assembled a collection of twelve essays written by middle-aged, middle-class white American women that demonstrate the influence of a male-dominated culture upon its female members. The essays are about illness (physical and emotional), suicide, relationships (with men, strangers, and cats), motherhood, and writing. A selected annotated bibliography listing works in feminist theory […]