At the psychiatrists' conclave, feminist rages and sleep stages
I description of healthy functioning provided a worthy theme for last week's American Psychiatric Association convention in San Francisco. At first, however, it looked as though there might be very little of either. In demonstrations and caucuses, angry feminists denounced the association as male-dominated and hopelessly sexist. Gloria Steinem was there to push the cause, and Betty Friedan sent a message saying that she dreamed of the day when women would not need psychiatrists at all.
The immediate trigger for the feminist fury was the Equal...
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