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Book Reviews : In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations. By Cynthia Cockburn. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1991, 241 pp., $36. ...

Book Reviews : In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations. By Cynthia... articles is is for both and recommended highly thought provoking male and female in the addiction field. practitioners Both the Hafner and collections Bepko present complementary clinical and theoretical on the same theme of women’s perspectives lost self-esteem as in Hafner reveals the chemical addiction. expressed of nuances the and the enhancement of treatment, recovery process, self-esteem that are theoretical complemented Bepko’s insight by some of the structural endured concerning insensitivity by recovering female alcoholics. In several women identified Hafner re- fact, by that the their needs. traditional AA format did not meet ported group that them as an alternative individuals, They thought by empowering was much more successful in the self-help group’s greater flexibility of our One woman ’We need to have control noted, &dquo; healing process. we need to have control over ourselves’ &dquo; Hafner’s lives; 161). (p. clinical feminist that the treatment reports support position Bepko’s of alcoholic women and must reflect mutual equal respect, flexibility, with the and the client. This view contrasts power by therapist sharply the authoritarian substance abuse model so frequently espoused by programs. BERSAK CAROLYN State York at New Paltz University of New New New York Paltz, In the Sex in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews : In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations. By Cynthia Cockburn. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1991, 241 pp., $36. ...

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0886-1099
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10.1177/088610999300800112
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articles is is for both and recommended highly thought provoking male and female in the addiction field. practitioners Both the Hafner and collections Bepko present complementary clinical and theoretical on the same theme of women’s perspectives lost self-esteem as in Hafner reveals the chemical addiction. expressed of nuances the and the enhancement of treatment, recovery process, self-esteem that are theoretical complemented Bepko’s insight by some of the structural endured concerning insensitivity by recovering female alcoholics. In several women identified Hafner re- fact, by that the their needs. traditional AA format did not meet ported group that them as an alternative individuals, They thought by empowering was much more successful in the self-help group’s greater flexibility of our One woman ’We need to have control noted, &dquo; healing process. we need to have control over ourselves’ &dquo; Hafner’s lives; 161). (p. clinical feminist that the treatment reports support position Bepko’s of alcoholic women and must reflect mutual equal respect, flexibility, with the and the client. This view contrasts power by therapist sharply the authoritarian substance abuse model so frequently espoused by programs. BERSAK CAROLYN State York at New Paltz University of New New New York Paltz, In the Sex in

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Apr 1, 1993

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