1st Edition

Women's Health and Corporate Marketing Our Bodies, Their Business

Edited By Mary Hunter Copyright 2025
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

This compelling collection of essays examines how historically significant marketing schemes have profoundly impacted women’s health and healthcare across the world. Written by scholars and activists from a range of disciplines, including law, sociology, and the health sciences, the book spotlights a range of products that have had a damaging impact on women’s health, laying bare the... Read more

Preface   

Introduction                                                                                                                                                           

 Chapter 1. The Stink of Clean   

Elizabeth Conway                                                                              

Chapter 2. Tobacco Industry Corporate Malfeasance and Women’s Rights Violations: Are Human Rights Mechanisms the Antidote?  

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy

Chapter 3. Mothers' Little Helpers and Opioids: Women, Addiction, and the Legacy of Arthur Sackler     

Mary Hunter                                        

Chapter 4. Under the Influence: Pharmaceutical Relationships &
Their Impact on Endometriosis Care                      

Heather Guidone                                                                             

Chapter 5. Menstruation Repression Discourse in Advertisements: An Ecofeminist Investigation

Anna Kubovski                                                                                                

Chapter 6. Hot and Bothered by the Menopause Industry                           

Mary Hunter                     

Conclusions                                                                                                                                                       

 

 

Biography

Mary Hunter is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. Her current research focuses on the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications associated with cognitive decline in women, including estrogen, benzodiazepines, and opioids. As a nurse practitioner who has dealt with problems related to addiction both in and out of a clinical environment, she is motivated by the fact that drug dependence is everywhere, and finding appropriate treatment for victims is problematic.