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Women’s Minds, Women’s Bodies Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women’s Health Edited by Gwyneth Boswell and Fiona Poland Women’s Minds, Women’s Bodies Women’s Minds, Women’s Bodies Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women’s Health edited by Gwyneth Boswell Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice De Montfort University and Fiona Poland Director of Therapy Research School of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy University of East Anglia © Editorial matter and selection © Gwyneth Boswell and Fiona Poland 2003 Chapter 1–14 © Palgrave Macmillan 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author(s) has/have asserted his/her/their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–91969–6 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boswell, Gwyneth. Women’s minds, women’s bodies: an interdisciplinary approach to women’s health/Gwyneth Boswell, Fiona Poland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–333–91969–6 (cloth) 1. Women–Health and hygiene. I. Boswell, Gwyneth. II. Title. RA778 .P724 2002 613’.042–dc21 2002026756 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne For Janet and Monica Contents List of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgements xi Notes on the Contributors xii Introduction: Exploring Women’s Health: Differences, Discourses and Disciplines Gwyneth Boswell and Fiona Poland 1 Part I ‘A Picture of Health’: Women’s Health in Historical Context 1 2 Images of Women’s Health and Healing: Cultural Prescriptions? Victoria Harris 21 Disordered Minds: Women, Men and Unreason in Thought, Emotion and Behaviour Joan Busfield 36 Part II Breaking and Building Bodies 3 4 5 6 Women and Deliberate Self-Harm Rosie Doy 51 Women, Drugs and Alcohol Jan Keene 65 Beyond Health and Beauty: A Critical Perspective on Fitness Culture Roberta Sassatelli 77 Listening Within: Counselling Women in Awareness of the Body Judy Moore 89 Part III Giving Women a Voice: The Power of Health Dialogues 7 Professional Control or Women’s Choice in Childbirth? Is Either Possible? Wendy Savage vii 103 viii Contents 8 9 10 11 Pregnant Women and Consent to Treatment – from Autonomy to State Control and Back Again Barbara Hewson 116 Long-Term Psychological Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Gillian Oaker 129 Maternal Depression and the Needs of the Child Anne Greig and Dawn Gregory 144 Can Women with Learning Disabilities Access Good Health Care? A Case Study of Cervical Screening Christine Nightingale 156 Part IV Building Health in Policy and Practice 12 13 14 Health Policy and Provision for Maternity Care in the United Kingdom in the Twentieth Century Miranda Mugford and Alison Macfarlane 173 Ethnicity and Inequalities in Older Women’s Health Helen Cooper and Sara Arber 192 Discursive Challenges: Reproductive Rights and Women’s Well-Being in Developing Countries Catherine Locke 208 References 221 Name Index 247 Subject Index 254 List of Tables and Figures Table 2.1 Table 11.1 Table 11.2 Table 13.1 Figure 7.1 Figure 7.2 Figure 7.3 Figure 9.1 Figure 9.2 Figure 12.1 Figure 12.2 Figure 12.3 Figure 12.4 Figure 12.5 Figure 12.6 Prevalence of psychiatric disorders by gender, Adults 16–64 Interpretation of reading ease score Reasons given by general practices for temporary removal of women from cervical screening Cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing among Asian women aged 50–74 Maternal mortality in England and Wales from 1850–1980. Figures from London, 2000 Perinatal mortality rate in England and Wales, North East Thames and the London Hospital and all women (not just booked patients) (1975–91) Figures from 1995 OPCS Childhood, Perinatal and Infant Mortality Statistics and London Hospital Obstetric database Caesarean section rate in three countries, England and Wales, USA and the Netherlands, 1970–92 Cognitive therapy formulation for Mary Diagrammatic representation of Mary’s core beliefs about herself General fertility rate, England and Wales, 1838–2000 Infant mortality, England and Wales, 1864–2000 Low birthweight by social class of father, 1999 Multiple birth rates, England and Wales, 1938–2000 Individuals in households with children below half average income, before housing costs, Great Britain, 1961–93 Percentage of registered maternites which occurred at home, England and Wales, 1964–2000 ix 37 160 163 204 106 107 110 134 141 174 175 177 178 179 180