Psychology Press

Women and Depression

Michelle N Lafrance, Jane Ussher

Published 12/16/2008

Women and Depression: Recovery and Resistance takes a welcome look at women’s experiences of living well after depression. Lafrance argues that the social construction of femininity...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

Maternal Encounters

Lisa Baraitser, Jane Ussher

Published 10/31/2008

Many women find mothering a shocking experience in terms of the extremity of feelings it provokes, and the profound changes it seems to prompt in...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

The Single Woman

Jill Reynolds

Published 04/30/2008

The increase in numbers of single people has been described as one of the greatest social phenomena of western society. Most women will spend periods...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

Accounting for Rape

Irina Anderson, Kathy Doherty, Jane Ussher

Published 11/29/2007

Accounting for Rape presents an original perspective on the subject of rape, focusing on both female and male sexual violence. The authors investigate everyday beliefs...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology 

The Caveman Mystique

Martha McCaughey

Published 11/01/2007

Has evolution made men promiscuous skirt chasers?  Pop-Darwinian claims about men's irrepressible heterosexuality have become increasingly common, and increasingly common excuses for men's sexual aggression. The...

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Sanctioning Pregnancy

Harriet Gross, Helen Pattison

Published 05/03/2007

Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by...

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Series Name: Women and Psychology