Books like Women Who Hurt Themselves by Dusty Miller

Compares the contemporary conflict--to eat or not to eat--with the major conflict for women thirty years ago--to do "it" or not to do "it."

In this book, Walker posits that the use of traditional psychotherapies for trauma victims has not produced the type of treatment that abused women have found to be truly helpful and that modifications in traditional practice are necessary in order for clinicians to work effectively with abuse victims. These modifications must take into account the impact of the specific form of trauma involved as well as the individual's unique psychological response to the world and the impact of traditional socialization of women and men. The author claims that abuse is widespread and that violence against women occurs in all demographic groups. Her approach is strongly informed by a feminist, participatory perspective that emphasizes reempowerment and the client's role in helping to determine the course of therapy. She examines the effects of gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and sexual orientation as part of the larger context surrounding the reality of violence against women in society.

Explore how race, class, sexuality, and nationality shape eating disorders among African‑American, Latina, and lesbian women in Becky W. Thompson’s evidence‑based study.

Set in the final years of World War II, the novel follows Gertrude and Milly, two women bound to different sides of a domineering husband, as they confront family, loyalty, and their own choices in the midst of wartime hardship.

Explores the psychology of violent and criminal women from a psychodynamic and criminological rspective, also examining the link between childhood experience and adult behaviour. The book uses illustrative case material throughout.