Summary of Jenara Nerenberg's Divergent Mind

Excerpt From Summary of Jenara Nerenberg's Divergent Mind



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The worlds of medicine and psychiatry have been plagued with words of weight that greatly affect the lives of women. Words have meaning, and if your world view is shaped by archaic, sexist, or otherwise negative words, you will inevitably have a negative view of yourself and your body.



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While some doctors and scientists tried to examine and understand mental illnesses, they were largely looked down upon and ignored until the late 1800s.