LPP #81 Pushing Against Patriarchy, Feminine Roles, & Re-Acquisition of Our Body with Dr. Susie Orbach

Dr. Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. She is the co-founder of the Women’s Therapy Centre of London and the Women’s Therapy Centre Institute in New York. She was co-originator of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.  Also can we just take a second for the fact that today’s guest was once-counselor to Princess Diana, for treatment of her eating disorder. Yes THE Princess Diana. The New York Times has said, “aside from Sigmund Freud, [Dr. Susie Orbach is] probably the most famous psychotherapist to have ever set up couch in Britain.” DR. SUSIE ORBACH’S BOOKS: Fat Is a Feminist Issue Bodies What Do Women Want?: Exploding the Myth of Dependency On Eating Hunger Strike The Impossibility of Sex Towards Emotional Literacy What’s Really Going on Here? IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Kavanaugh VS. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford & the push against patriarchy The limitations women face in the culture and how it’s manifested into our bodies The socially acceptable roles for women (care taker, mother), breed guilt for focusing on the self (lose touch with own needs). How we become disconnected from our own appetites, desires, and wants The critical period for “body acquisition”  Masculine […]

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