Women's Bodies in Classical Greek Science Thin Lenses absolutist claims about the power

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Women's Bodies in Classical Greek Science Thin Lenses absolutist claims about the powerIn this book Professor Dean Jones gives a close analysis of theories concerning women's bodies in such authors as the Hippocratics and Aristotle. She demonstrates the centrality of menstruation in classical theories of female physiology, pathology, and reproduction, and suggests that this had both negative and positive repercussions in attitudes towards women's bodies in that society. In particular, she argues that many of the medical principles