THE NEW OUR BODIES, OURSELVES

a Book By And for Women

Plot

This is now a standard handbook on the female body and how to take care of it.
Contacts:
Taking care of ourselves
1. Body image
2. Eating well
3. Alcohol, tobacco, and other mood-altering drugs
4. Our bodies in motion
5. Complementary health practices
6. Emotional well-being
7. Environmental and occupational health
8. Violence and abuse
Relationships and sexuality
9. Gender identity and sexual orientation
10. Relationships with men
11. Relationships with women
12. Sexuality
Sexual health
13. Sexual anatomy, reproduction, and the menstrual cycle
14. Safer sex
15. Sexually transmitted infections
16. HIV and AIDS
Reproductive choices
17. Considering parenting
18. Birth control
19. Unexpected pregnancy
20. Abortion
Childbearing
21. Pregnancy
22. Childbirth
23. The first year of parenting
24. Childbearing loss
25. Infertility and assisted reproduction
Growing older
26. Midlife and menopause
27. Our later years
Medical problems and procedures
28. Unique to women
29. Special concerns for women
Knowledge is power
30. Navigating the health care system
31. The politics of women's health
32. Organizing for change
Glossary
Resources