‘Delicate’ Cutters: Gendered Self-mutilation and Attractive Flesh in Medical Discourse
@article{Brickman2004DelicateCG,
title={‘Delicate’ Cutters: Gendered Self-mutilation and Attractive Flesh in Medical Discourse},
author={B. Brickman},
journal={Body & Society},
year={2004},
volume={10},
pages={111 - 87}
}In 1960, a relatively new ‘syndrome’ began appearing with growing frequency in psychiatric hospitals and in doctors’ offices. Eventually termed ‘delicate self-cutting’, this new model for typical self-mutilative behavior was developed in conjunction with a description of the ‘typical’ self-mutilator: young (adolescent to just post-adolescent), female, and almost always attractive. This article contends that, despite recent efforts to change the nature of research on self-mutilation, the myth of… CONTINUE READING
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