Our Bodies, Ourselves Author: Judy Norsigian | Language: English | ISBN:
B004T4KRTW | Format: EPUB
Our Bodies, Ourselves Description
Hailed by
The New York Times as a “feminist classic,” and “America’s bestselling book on women’s health,” the comprehensive guide to all aspects of women’s health and sexuality, including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health and general well-being.
Six years after the 2005 overhaul of this classic guide to women’s health, the 2011 edition focuses on what
Our Bodies, Ourselves does best: provide information on women’s reproductive health and sexuality; practical information on how find and access health information; and resources, stories, and information to educate women about health care injustices and inspire them to work collectively to address them. This new edition of
Our Bodies, Ourselves includes the latest vital information on:
•Changes in the health care system—especially how health care reform affects women and how to get the care you need.
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Safer sex—how to engage in pleasurable, satisfying sexual experiences while protecting your health and the health of your partner.
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Environmental health risks—including minimizing exposure to everyday pollutants that endanger reproductive health.
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Body image—resisting negative media stereotypes and embracing healthier approaches to looking and feeling good.
• Local and global activism—using social media and organizing tactics to build community and advocate for policies that improve women’s lives.
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As well as crucial information about gender identity, sexual orientation, birth control, abortion, pregnancy and birth, perimenopause, and sexuality and sexual health as we age.
Together with its companion website, OurBodiesOurselves.org,
Our Bodies, Ourselves is a one-stop resource for women of all generations.
- File Size: 7943 KB
- Print Length: 944 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; Revised edition (October 4, 2011)
- Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004T4KRTW
- Text-to-Speech: Not enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,094 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #70
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Reference
- #70
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Reference
When this book first came out I started giving it as a gift to high school senior girls to take to college with them. First it was my daughters friends and my friends daughters, now it is my grand daughters and my friends grand daughters. This is by far the best reference book on womens bodies that there is available. I am always saddend that there is not one for men. The new edition is up to date but has not lost the emotions of the other editions.
By Frances M. Edwards
I am old enough to own the original version of this book, released in the 1970s. The book was both educational and comforting to me as a young woman looking desperately for information I could trust and understand. So, when one of my favorite nieces became a teenager, I bought the latest version for her. The information, of course, is solid, as we could expect, but the format is so dense, it's unreadable! Instead of the simply written, well laid out book that meant so much to my younger self, this book is more like a textbook to be left on the shelf with all the other texts we tell ourselves we "should read." At a time when women's reproductive rights are under siege, we really need a reliable source of information and support. I wish they offered cliff notes.
By windborne
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