Title A history of women's menstruation from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century : psychological, social, medical, religious, and educational issues / Glenda Lewin Hufnagel ; with a foreword by Carolyn Stout Morgan.

Publication Info.	Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (171 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Chapter 1. The Ancient Construction: The Classical Greek and Roman Period Through the Eighteenth-Century -- Chapter 2. The Modern Construction: Nineteenth-Century Europe and America -- Chapter 3. The Contemporary Construction: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Europe and America -- Chapter 4. Implications for Education -- Chapter 5. Summary, Recommendations, Future Research.
Summary	"Hufnagel chronicles the historical inaccuracies in understanding menstruation which have contributed to viewing women as a 'second sex' and perpetuated feelings of shame. Her argument claims that only in the last few decades has science begun to fully understand the issue. Subsequent social and psychological treatment of menstruation in recent years has helped women to have an increased sense of comfort with their bodies. From Ancient Greece where Aristotle claimed that women were closer to animals, to contemporary misunderstandings about menstruation leading to increased acne, which was viewed as a sign of sexual immorality beginning with pubescence, the book tells the tawdry tale of women learning to accept themselves through successive scientific breakthroughs"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Menstruation -- Social aspects -- History.
	Menstruation -- Social aspects.
	History.
	Menstruation -- Psychological aspects -- History.
	Menstruation -- Psychological aspects.
	Menstruation.
	Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- History.
	Menstruation -- Religious aspects.
	Women -- Health and hygiene -- History.
	Women -- Health and hygiene.
	Menstruation -- psychology.
	Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
	Hygiene -- education.
	Prejudice.
	Social Conditions -- history.
	Women's Health -- history.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Subject	Women.
	Womyn.
Other Form:	Print version: Hufnagel, Glenda Lewin. History of women's menstruation from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773426481 (DLC) 2012005924 (OCoLC)776508770
ISBN	9780773411579 (electronic book)
	0773411577 (electronic book)
	9780773426481 (hardcover)
	0773426485 (hardcover)

Title A history of women's menstruation from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century : psychological, social, medical, religious, and educational issues / Glenda Lewin Hufnagel ; with a foreword by Carolyn Stout Morgan.

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