Our Bodies, Ourselves (191 page)

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. Christie Aschwanden, “The Downside of Awareness Campaigns,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 4, 2011, articles/latimes.com/2010/oct/04/health/la-he-breast-awareness-month-20101004.

AUTHORSHIP

Senior Editor: Kiki Zeldes

Managing Editor: Christine Cupaiuolo

Contributing Editors: Judy Norsigian
Amy Romano
Wendy Sanford

OBOS Global Initiative

Coordinating Editor: Ayesha Chatterjee

Editorial Assistant: June Tsang

Additional Editors: Jackie Lapidus
Heather Stephenson

Book Interns: Natalie Chapman, Raquel Rios, Meg Young

1. Our Female Bodies: Sexual Anatomy, Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle

Revised by Marjorie Greenfield. Additional contributors: Chris Bobel, Hilary Gerber, Christine Hitchcock, Sheryl Kingsberg, Esther M. Leidolf, Marianne McPherson, Cathleen E. Morrow, Elizabeth Naumberg, Evelina Sterling, Trudy Van Houton, Toni Weschler, Meg Young.

Special thanks to: Jen Chapin-Smith, Joan Chrisler, and OBOS partners Women and Their Bodies (Israel) and Shokado Women's Bookstore (Japan).

Contributors to earlier editions: Marianne McPherson, Toni Weschler, Monica Casper, Cheryl Chase, Alice Dreger, Esther M. Leidolf, Chris Bobel, Esther Rome, Nancy Reame, Wendy Sanford, Abby Schwartz, Katherine Saldutti, Cindy Irvine, Nancy Woods, Leah Diskin, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Barbara Perkins, Roni Randall.

2. Intro to Sexual Health

Contributors: Heather Corinna, Marjorie Greenfield, Martha Ellen Katz, Evelina Sterling, Marcie Richardson, Elizabeth Stewart.

Special thanks to: Brittany Charlton, Karen Wolf, OBOS partner Mavi Kalem, Turkey.

3. Body Image

Revised by Jocelyn Sims. Additional contributors: Hanne Blank, Anita Hoffer, Jin In, Lisa Jervis, Jean Kil-bourne, Courtney Martin, Nancy Redd, Rose Weitz, Courtney Young, Diana Zuckerman.

Special thanks to: Bridgit Brown, OBOS partner Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes et les Lois au Senegal (GREFELS), Senegal.

Contributors to earlier editions: Sarai Walker, Lori Tharps, Demetria Iazzetto, Linda King, Jennifer Yanco, Allison Abner, Deborah Levine, Marsha Sexton, Judith Stein, Becky Thompson, Linda Villarosa, Kiki Zeldes, Wendy Sanford, the women of Boston Self Help Center, Frances Deloatch, Mary Fitzgerald, Jean Gillespie, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Janna Zwerner, Joan Lastovica, Oce, Rosemarie Ouilette, Jane Pincus, Esther Rome, Jill Wolhandler.

4. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

Revised by Wendy Sanford. Additional contributors: Rose Afriyic, Petra Doan, Cait Glasson, Ted Heck, Esther M. Leidolf, Elizabeth Sarah Lindsey, Irene Monroe, Su Penn, Norman P. Spack, Judy Anne Williams, Louis Gooren.

Special thanks to: Saber DeMare, Laura Edwards-Leeper, Gina Ogden, Devin Reynolds.

Contributors to earlier editions: Elizabeth Sarah Lindsey, Wendy Sanford, Loraine Hutchins, Rebecca Rabinowitz.

5. Relationships

With enormous thanks to the thirty-seven women who shared their stories.

6. Social Influences on Sexuality

7. Sexual Pleasure and Enthusiastic Consent

8. Sexual Challenges

Contributors: Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, Rose Afriyie, Hanne Blank, Bella DePaulo, Stacey May Fowles, Jaclyn Friedman, Anita P. Hoffer, Cara Kulwicki, Elizabeth Sarah Lindsey, Gina Ogden, Jenni Prokopy, Tara Roberts, Kimberly Springer, Evelina Sterling, Beverly Whipple, Janna Zwerner (sexuality and disability).

Special thanks to: Melanie Davis; Janice Irvine; Rebecca G. Stephenson, PT, DPT, MS, coordinator of Women's Health Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Leonore Tiefer.

Contributors to earlier editions: Lynn Rosenbaum, Janna Zwerner, Wendy Sanford, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Elizabeth McGee, Gina Ogden, Linda King, Judy Brewer, Denise Bergman, Eithne Johnson, Curdina Hill, Amy Alpern, Diana Chase, Francis Deloatch, Paula DoressWorters, Bonnie Engelhardt, Mary Fitzgerald, Jean Gillespie, Ginger Goldner, Shere Hite, Janice Irvine, Nancy London, Jenny Mansbridge, Oce, Rosemarie Ouilette, Jane Pincus, Brenda Reeb, Marsha Saxton, Jean Lastovica.

9. Birth Control

Revised by Kirsten Thompson. Additional contributors: Kelly Blanchard, Heather Corinna, Marjorie Greenfield, Mary Ann Leeper, Lisa Perriera, Robin Wallace, Toni Weschler, Carolyn Westhoff, Susan Wysocki.

Special thanks to: Kate Curtis, Cynthia C. Harper, Polly Marchbanks, Michael Policar, Jill Schwartz, Naomi Tepper

Contributors to earlier editions: August Burns, Michelle Martelle, Maura Graff, Melanie Steeves, Emma Ottolenghi, Elaine Lissner, Kirsten Thompson, David Sokal, Toni Weschler, Susan Bell, Lauren Wise, Suzannah Cooper-Doyle, Judy Norsigian, Felice Apter, Charon Asetoyer, Sara Dickey, Anne Kelsey, Sophie Martin, Ava Moskin, Cindy Pearson, Linda Potter, Judith Richter, James Trussell, Kevin Whaley, Susan Wood, Ruth Bell, Pamela Berger, Jennifer S. Edwards, Charlotte Ellertson, Philip Hart, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Rachel Lanzerotti, Ken Legins, Pamela Morgan, Barbara Perkins, Susan Reverby, Wendy Sanford, Abby Schwarz, Felicia Stewart, Alice Steinhardt, James Trussell, Beverly Winikoff.

10. Safer Sex

Contributors: Susan Blank, Heather Corinna, Janet Dollin, Anna Forbes, Yvonne Piper, Gary Richwald, Laura Subramanian, Cosette Wheeler, Fred Wyand.

Special thanks to: Tonji Durant, Mary Ann Leeper (female condom), Ben Remsen of the AIDS Library of Philadelphia, Jill Schwartz.

Contributors to earlier editions: Laura Subramanian, Christie Burke, Amelia Glynn Hornick, Jennifer Block, Christie Burke, Sylvie Ratelle, Mary Crowe, Judy Norsigian, Katherine M. Stone of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Catherine Liu of the American Social Health Association, Esther Rome, Fran Ansley, Hilde Armour, William McCormick, Michelle Topal, Pam White, Paul Wiesner, Michele Russell, Wendy Sanford, Maria Jobin-Leeds, Mary Ide, Wanda Allen, the Women of Color AIDS Council (especially Karen McManus, Malkia
Kendricks, and Charlotte, Colleen, Jackie, Shirley, and Yohani), Patricia O. Loftman, Peggy Lynch, Lucia OrtizOrtiz, Belynda Dunn, Anna Forbes, Sophie Godley, Mary Guinan, Laura Whitehorn, Amy Alpern, Marion Banzhaf, Laurie Cotter of ACT UP New York, Deborah Cotton, Risa Denenberg, Liz Galst, Jenny Keller, Vicky Legion, the Chicago Women's AIDS Project, Patricia O. Loftman, Janet L. Mitchell, Jamie Penney, Lindsey Rosen, Susan Rosenberg.

11. Sexually Transmitted Infections

Revised by Susan Blank and Gary Richwald. Additional contributors: Susan Clark Ball, Anna Forbes, Cynthia Gómez, Yvonne Piper, Rachel Walden, Cosette Wheeler, Fred Wyand.

Special thanks to: Tonji Durant, Esther Fine, Kimberley Warsett, Laura Whitehorn.

Contributors to earlier editions: Christie Burke, Sylvie Ratelle, Mary Crowe, Judy Norsigian, Katherine M. Stone of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Catherine Liu of the American Social Health Association, Esther Rome, Fran Ansley, Hilde Armour, William McCormick, Michelle Topal, Pam White, Paul Wiesner.

12. Unexpected Pregnancy

Contributors: Alison Amoroso, Zobeida Bonilla, Meg Young.

Contributors to earlier editions: Judith Winkler, Alison Amoroso, Catherine Harris-Vincent, Jennifer Yanco, Linda King, Jane Pincus, Jill Wolhandler, Denise Bergman, Paula Harris-Vincent, Joyce Maguire Pavao, Carolyn Rudin, Kay Schlozman, Dianne Weiss.

13. Abortion

Contributors: Kelly Blanchard, Marlene Fried, Deborah Issokson, Carole Joffe, Laura Kaplan, Martha Katz, Sylvia Law, Lisa Perriera, Lauren Plante, Kirsten Thompson, Tracy Weitz, Beverly Winikoff, Susan Yanow.

Special thanks to: Dan Grossman, Erin Kate Ryan, Ellen Shaffer.

Contributors to earlier editions: Marlene Gerber Fried, Maureen Paul, Laureen Tews, Jill Wolhandler, Trude Bennett, Ruth Weber, Dana Gallagher, Centre de Santé des Femmes de Montréal, Carol Franzblau, Suzanne Hendrick, Luita Spangler, Laurie Williams, Vickie Alexander, Diane Balser, Pamela Berger, Sarah Buttenweiser, Helen Caulton, Concord Feminist Health Center, Terry Courtney, Debra Drassner, Carol Driscoll, Margie Fine, Marlene Gerber Fried, Linda Gordon, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Liz Hill, Debra Krassner, Elizabeth McGee, Judy Norsigian, Ana Ortiz, Jane Pincus, Stephanie Poggi, Loretta Ross, Wendy Sanford, Kira Sarpard, Meredith Tax, Susan Yanow.

14. Considering Parenting

Contributors: Alison Amoroso, Veronica Arreola, Onye Kachukwu C. Iloabachie Anaedozie, Jocelyn Sims, Sally Whelan.

Contributors to earlier editions: Merle Bombardieri, Meredith W. Michaels, Rachel Gaillard Smook, Merryl Pisha, Joan Ditzion, Mary Howell Raugust, Denise Bergman, Norma Swenson, Joan Rachlin, Joyce Maguire Pavao, Corinne Rayburn of the Center for Family Connections.

15. Pregnancy and Planning for Birth

Contributors: Jill Arnold, Zobeida Bonilla, Elizabeth Davis, Marjorie Greenfield, Katharine Hikel, Tekoa King, Christine Morton, De Nobleza, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Miriam Zoila Pérez, Lauren Plante, Carol Sakala, Pamela Vireday, Claire Winstone.

Special thanks to: Henci Goer.

Contributors to earlier editions: Tekoa King, Maria Iorillo, Judith Bishop, Lisa Paine, Carol Sakala, Jane Pincus, Judy Luce, Audrey Levine, Robin J. Blatt, Linda Holmes, Marsha Saxton, Carol Sakala, Denise Bergman, Esther Entin, Ruth Bell, Robin Blatt, Jenny Fleming, Linda Holmes, Judy Luce, Mary (Bebe) Poor, Judi Rogers, Becky Sarah, Norma Swenson.

16. Labor and Birth

Contributors: Elizabeth Allemann, Jill Arnold, Zobeida Bonilla, Robyn Churchill, Elizabeth Davis, Henci Goer, Marjorie Greenfield, Katharine Hikel, Tekoa King, Christine Morton, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Miriam Zoila Pérez, Lauren Plante, Carol Sakala, Pamela Vireday, Claire Winstone, Diony Young.

Special thanks to: Henci Goer.

Contributors to earlier editions: Tekoa King, Maria Iorillo, Judy Luce, Jane Pincus, Judith Bishop, Carol Sakala, Audrey Levine, Norma Swenson, Ruth Bell, Jenny Fleming, Nancy Miriam Hawley, Linda Holmes, Becky Sarah, Gail Sullivan.

17. The Early Months of Parenting

Contributors: Barbara Fildes, Alan Greene, Deborah Issokson, Alice LoCicero, Claire Mysko, Amie Newman, Beth Pimentel, Elizabeth Steiner, Annie Urban, Claire Winstone.

Contributors to earlier editions: Deborah Issokson, Alice LoCicero, Anne Merewood, Barbara L. Philipp, Tekoa King, Dennie Wolf, Mary Crowe, Laurie Williams, Helen Armstrong, Jane Honikman, Gail Levy, Veronica Miletsky, Carol Sakala, Dianne Weiss, Paula DoressWorters, Esther Rome, Vilunya Diskin, Marty Reudi, Robbie Pfeufer Kahn.

18. Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Other Losses

Contributors: Jen Dozer, Ruth Fretts, Arielle Greenberg, Linda Layne, Chukwuma Onyeije, Lauren Plante.

Contributors to earlier editions: Linda L. Layne, Wendy Garling, Catherine Romeo, Jane Pincus, Ellen Glazer.

19. Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Revised by Evelina Sterling and Miriam Zoll. Additional contributors: Juaquita Callaway, Barbara Collura, Jen Dozer, Deborah Issokson, Maurizio Macaluso, Shree Mulay, Jeane Ungerleider.

Special thanks to: Tonji Durant and OBOS partner Women's Health Initiative in Bulgaria.

Contributors to earlier editions: Nancy King Reame, Rachel Gaillard Smook, Diane Clapp, Ruth Hubbard, Ami Jaeger, Wendy Sanford, Gena Corea, Ellen Glazer, Barbara Eck Menning, Marcie Richardson, Ester Shapiro, Lori Andrews, Geri Ferber, Nancy Reame, Barbara Katz Rothman, RESOLVE, Inc.

20. Perimenopause and Menopause

Revised by: Joan Ditzion and Marcie Richardson. Additional contributors: Ellen Bruce, Elaine Lissner, Jerilynn Prior, Evelina Sterling.

Special thanks to: Nancy Miller, Margaret Moloney, William (Bill) Parker, and the following OBOS partners: Sanlaap (India), Manavi (USA), Women for Empowerment, Development, and Gender Reform (Nigeria).

Contributors to earlier editions: Joan Ditzion, Nancy Fleming, Amy Alina, Diana Siegal, Lisa Begg, Loretta Finnegan, Jaqueline Lapidus, Paula Doress-Worters (formerly Paula Brown Doress), Norma Meras Swenson, Diana Laskin Siegal, Robin Cohen, Mickey Troub Friedman, Lois Harris, Kathleen MacPherson, Denise Bergman, Janine O'Leary Cobb, Linda King, Susan M. Love, Cindy Pearson of the National Women's Health Network, Jane Pincus, Lynn Rosenberg, Wendy Sanford, Stephanie Studentski, Mary Yeaton, Louise Corbett, Tish Anisimov, Lorraine Doherty, Ruth Hubbard, Audrey Michaud, Pamela Berger, Irene Davidson, Meg Hickey, Judy Norsigian, Josephine Polk-Matthews, Ruth Hubbard, Edith Fletcher, Barbara Krentzman, Lucile Longview Schuck, Anna Schenke, Anne Smith, Marian Saunders.

21. Our Later Years

Revised by Joan Ditzion. Additional contributors: Ellen Bruce, Leilani Doty, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Jessica Haxton Retrum, Anita P. Hoffer, Jackie Lapidus, Alyson Martin, Ruth Palombo, Nushin Rashidian, Wendy Sanford.

Special thanks to: Kacey Bongarzone, Alice Fisher, Sadia Greenburg, Marjorie Harvey, Joanne LaPlante, Ginny Mazur, Charlotte Millman, Sarah Pearlman, Cynthia Phillips, Elaine Shapiro, Sarah Whitby, MSW, SHINE Program director.