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The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise

Dorothy Dinnerstein

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#2558 of 3,809 books · #149 in General

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1977).

The Mermaid and the Minotaur explores the psychological roots of gender arrangements and sexual malaise in human civilization. Dinnerstein argues that the division of childcare responsibilities, wherein women serve as primary caretakers, creates fundamental emotional and psychological patterns that shape human relationships and social structures. She examines how these arrangements affect both men and women, tracing their influence on sexuality, work, creativity, and the ways we relate to one another throughout our lives. The book presents a psychoanalytic feminist analysis of how our earliest experiences with gendered parenting create the psychological foundations for broader patterns of human dissatisfaction and conflict.

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Publisher
Other Press, LLC
ISBN-13
9781590514696
Topics
Feminist psychoanalysisGender relationsHuman sexuality

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