Challenging Codependency: Feminist Critiques

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In the field of addiction research and counselling there has been an increasing investment in the theory of codependency - a theory that holds women partly responsible for perpetuating the alcoholism and addiction of their male partners. This is the first anthology of feminist essays that presents a cogent critique of this theory. The unifying feature of the eighteen essays collected here is the revelation that solid evidence contradicts, rather than supports, the theory of codependency. Its assumptions are found...
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In the field of addiction research and counselling there has been an increasing investment in the theory of codependency - a theory that holds women partly responsible for perpetuating the alcoholism and addiction of their male partners. This is the first anthology of feminist essays that presents a cogent critique of this theory. The unifying feature of the eighteen essays collected here is the revelation that solid evidence contradicts, rather than supports, the theory of codependency. Its assumptions are found to be unsubstantiated in theory and practice. The contributors to the volume explore the history of codependency theory and look at reasons for its growing popularity in medical-model politics. A central theme emerges: that codependency theory is essentially misogynist in nature - the result of a male backlash against feminism. The collection leaves no doubt that this backlash is effective. These essays reveal the many ways that codependency therapy promotes advice and counselling that is damaging and ultimately fails women seeking help for their distress. This anthology, aimed at professionals as well as readers at large reveals a remarkable body of literature questioning the validity of popular addictions philosophy about women and the quality of the scholarship that supports those theories.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780802072306
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publication date: 6/28/1995
  • Pages: 410
  • Product dimensions: 6.01 (w) x 8.99 (h) x 0.81 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Critiques of Codependency: History and Background Issues 3
Codependency: A Critique 35
A Critical Analysis of the Codependency Construct 53
Chances Are You're Codependent Too 70
Codependency Is a Misleading Concept 81
The Codependency Trap 88
Codependency: The Social Reconstruction of Female Experience 93
Blaming by Naming: Battered Women and the Epidemic of Codependency 111
Codependency: Implications for Women and Therapy 117
Codependency: A View from Women Married to Alcoholics 129
Codependent or Empathically Responsive? Two Views of Betty 150
Codependency: A Feminist Critique 169
Hysterectomies, Mastectomies, and Codependencies 177
The Codependent Cinderella Who Loves Too Much ... Fights Back 181
Do Codependency Theories Explain Women's Unhappiness - or Exploit Their Insecurities? 192
Codependency and the Myth of Recovery: A Feminist Scrutiny 198
A Feminist Critique of Codependency 207
Codependency: The Pathologizing of Female Oppression 219
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