"From the accounts given to me by the girl and her father I was led to
imagine her [Dora's mother] as an uncultivated woman and above all a
foolish one, who had concentrated all her interests upon domestic
affairs, especially since her husband's illness and the estrangement to
which it led. She presented the picture, in fact, of what might be
called the 'housewife's psychosis.' She had no understanding of her
children's more active interests, and was occupied all day long in
cleaning the house with its furniture and utensils and in keeping them
clean -- to such an extent as to make it almost impossible to use or
enjoy them. This condition, traces of which are to be found often
enough in normal housewives, inevitably reminds one of forms of
obsessional washing and other kinds of obsessional cleanliness." (From
Dora, Part I)
Related to my previous post, how were women viewed and treated by the
male medical establishment? I'm looking for specific sources (print or
internet).
Thanks, folks!
Rod Hetzel
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