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Author Masson, J. Moussaieff (Jeffrey Moussaieff), 1941- author.

Title A dark science : women, sexuality and psychiatry in the nineteenth century / by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Untreed Reads, 2013.

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Summary Here translated for the first time are a series of shocking texts from the 19th century German psychiatric literature, which, while almost completely unknown to modern readers, have had a devastating influence on attitudes toward women and children in the 20th century. The articles on the sexual lies and sexual fantasies of children were seminal, brutal, and still resonate in today's literature, having taken a terrible toll on the intellectual ideas of modern psychiatry. The articles document brutal treatment for masturbation, hysteria, and vaginismus, as well as incidences of the so-called fabricated sexual abuse of prematurely perverted children. Though by no means an easy read, Masson's collection of these nine articles exposes a point in the history of the practice of psychology that proves ignorance and negative attitudes towards women created a dark science that modern psychiatrists struggle to overcome.
Subject Women -- Psychology.
Psychiatry -- History.
Sex crimes.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01081152
Sex crimes. (OCoLC)fst01114275
Women -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01176894
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781611875782 (electronic bk.)
1611875781 (electronic bk.)
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