The Frailty Myth

Download or Read eBook The Frailty Myth PDF written by Colette Dowling and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Frailty Myth
Author :
Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781588361264
ISBN-13 : 1588361268
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Frailty Myth by : Colette Dowling

Book excerpt: Can women be equal to men as long as men are physically stronger? And are men, in fact, stronger? These are key questions that Colette Dowling, author of the bestselling The Cinderella Complex, raises in her provocative new book. The myth of female frailty, with its roots in nineteenth-century medicine and misogyny, has had a damaging effect on women's health, social status, and physical safety. It is Dowling's controversial thesis that women succumb to societal pressures to appear weak in order to seem more "feminine." The Frailty Myth presents new evidence that girls are weaned from the use of their bodies even before they begin school. By adolescence, their strength and aerobic powers have started to decline unless the girls are exercising vigorously--and most aren't. By sixteen, they have already lost bone density and turned themselves into prime candidates for osteoporosis. They have also been deprived of motor stimulation that is essential for brain growth. Yet as breakthroughs among elite women athletes grow more and more astounding, it begins to appear that strength and physical skill--for all women--is only a matter of learning and training. Men don't have a monopoly on physical prowess; when women and men are matched in size and level of training, the strength gap closes. In some areas, women are actually equipped to outperform men, due partly to differences in body structure, and partly to the newly discovered strengthening benefits of estrogen. Drawing on extensive research in motor development, performance assessment, sports physi-ology, and endocrinology, Dowling presents an astonishing picture of the new physical woman. And she creates a powerful argument that true equality isn't possible until women learn how to stand up for themselves--physically.


The Frailty Myth Related Books

The Frailty Myth
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Colette Dowling
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-06 - Publisher: Random House

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Can women be equal to men as long as men are physically stronger? And are men, in fact, stronger? These are key questions that Colette Dowling, author of the be
The Frailty Myth
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: Colette Dowling
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Can women be equal to men as long as men are physically stronger? And are men, in fact, stronger? These are key questions that Colette Dowling, author of the be
The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory
Language: en
Pages: 648
Authors: Noreen Giffney
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-23 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This interdisciplinary volume of thirty original essays engages with four key concerns of queer theoretical work - identity, discourse, normativity and relation
No Slam Dunk
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Cheryl Cooky
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-30 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

No detailed description available for "No Slam Dunk".
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: Zahra Newby
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's endur