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Originally published in 1981 Controlling Women critically examines the forms of moral regulation and social control that were exercised over women at the time, arguing that the study of deviant' women cannot be separated from the study of how all women are defined and controlled. Contributors consider motherhood, prostitutes, abortion, alcoholism, retirement, geriatric patients, Broadmoor patients and legal controls of sexuality in Britain.

Social definitions of women and institutional arrangements are used to control women, often in such a way that women see them, not as control, but as part of everyday routines part of the natural' order of things. The book identifies some of the ways in which women seek to resist or circumvent these forms of control.

The book will still be of interest to all those concerned with the position of women in our society and, more specifically, to students and teachers of sociology, social policy and theories of deviant behaviour. I

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/20/2024
      ISBN13: 9781032860503, 978-1032860503
      ISBN10: 1032860502
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Originally published in 1981 Controlling Women critically examines the forms of moral regulation and social control that were exercised over women at the time, arguing that the study of deviant' women cannot be separated from the study of how all women are defined and controlled. Contributors consider motherhood, prostitutes, abortion, alcoholism, retirement, geriatric patients, Broadmoor patients and legal controls of sexuality in Britain.

      Social definitions of women and institutional arrangements are used to control women, often in such a way that women see them, not as control, but as part of everyday routines part of the natural' order of things. The book identifies some of the ways in which women seek to resist or circumvent these forms of control.

      The book will still be of interest to all those concerned with the position of women in our society and, more specifically, to students and teachers of sociology, social policy and theories of deviant behaviour. I

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