The Female Stress Syndrome - Softcover

Witkin, Georgia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557040982 ISBN 13: 9781557040985

Publisher: Newmarket Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Over 50,000 sold--this classic work tells how and why women experience stress differently than men, discusses female stress, old and new; the female body; working women; mothering, love, sex, and marriage; the family in all its various form; children and teen stress; and aging.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Is stress gender-specific? Witkin's answer in this update of her popular book ( LJ 3/1/84) is a resounding "yes." She combines all the latest buzzwords (e.g., biological clock, premenstrual syndrome, PMS, post-traumatic stress disorder, "permission" to validate one's inner feelings, etc.) with recommendations for how women can cope with stress. Her glossary includes terms such as "mutual child" and "spousify." Any special stresses which older women facing aging, illness, and death experience are relegated to a few paragraphs. Witkin's premise that women are subjected to a double-dose of stress unfortunately reinforces the conviction of those who believe that female physiology disqualifies women from assuming high-level, decision-making positions. However, her book will have wide appeal to young and middle-aged women, who will identify with the folksy descriptions of their problems.
- Carol R. Glatt, VA Medical Ctr., Philadelphia
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this revised second edition, Witkin shows the effects of the changing family structure, the workplace and stress on the female body. "Readers can benefit from the book's sensible, practical advice, particularly since it is couched in a natural, sensitive and empathetic style, easily accessible to the layperson," said PW of the 1983 original.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Newmarket Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1557040982
• ISBN 13: 9781557040985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320