Feminine madness : the self-perpetuating fallacy

• Main Author: Loke, Charlene Hui Shan
• Other Authors: Wong Yeang Chui
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61938
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Madness has long been regarded as a condition that is commonly associated with the female gender to the extent that it has been termed a “female malady” (Showalter). Indeed, feminine madness has often been juxtaposed against masculine rationality where females were believed to be more prone to suffe...