Our Bodies, Ourselves (205 page)

Evista,
532

EWG,
see
Environmental Working Group

excitement stage,
154

exercise,
400

abortion and,
335

aging and,
566
–67

breast cancer and,
593
,
597

desire and,
185

Kegel,
9
,
158
,
518
,
642
,
643
,
647

menstrual cups and,
22

for mood changes,
24

movement vs.,
69

old age and,
556

osteoporosis exercise and,
528
–29

pelvic floor,
636

perimenopause and,
516
,
523
,
528
–29

postpartum,
448

sleep disturbances and,
516

vaginal corona and,
7

Exhale,
335

exhaustion,
572

exhibitionism,
701

Experience Works,
579

Exploring the Dangerous Trades
(Hamilton),
753

eyelid surgery,
54

eyes,
228
,
517
,
756

STIs and,
290
,
291
,
294

Facebook,
626
,
809
,
822

body image and,
46
,
47

stalking and,
719

facial hair,
83
,
185
,
632
,
648
,
649

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),
772
–73

Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls, The
(Steingraber),
754

fallopian tubes (oviducts),
11
,
11
,
19
,
232
,
640
,
646

blocked,
477
,
485

cancer of,
629

ectopic pregnancy and,
337
,
466
,
467

endometriosis and,
625

fimbria of,
11
,
19

infections of,
187
,
290
,
291
,
466
,
637

PID and,
278
,
477
,
621
,
622

removal of,
599
,
630

sterilization and,
242
–43,
244
,
255
,
620

FAM,
see
fertility awareness method

family,
93
,
110
,
393

as caregivers,
574
,
575
,
582

coming out to,
89
–91

elder abuse and,
575

ethics of ART and,
499
–500

gender identity and,
73

“honor” killings and,
692

old age and,
550
–51,
552
,
567
–68,
574
–77

parenting considerations and,
353

postpartum support from,
453
,
459

postpartum visits from,
433

pregnancy loss and,
462

relationships and,
120
,
121
,
126
–27

support for,
358

unplanned pregnancy and,
312

violence and,
693
,
701
,
709
,
711
,
720
,
721

see also
fathers; mothers, mothering

Family Caregiver Alliance,
575

Family Guy
(TV show),
119
–20

Family Medical and Leave Act (1993),
582

family physicians,
366
,
384
,
481

family planning,
680
,
759
,
771
,
783
,
787

education and,
779
–80

global gag rule and,
774
,
776
,
785

family planning clinics,
34
,
207
,
222
,
255
,
286
,
770

fantasy,
141
,
153
,
157
,
174
–75,
192

farmwork, farm communities,
736
,
738
,
745
–46

fashion industry,
45
,
46

fashion magazines,
57
,
64

fat, body,
64
–68,
116
,
117
–18,
739

acceptance of,
68

discrimination based on,
67
–68,
70
,
92
,
94

fat, dietary,
597
,
613
,
620
,
739

fat cells,
588

father-daughter relationship,
143

fathers,
124
,
204
,
313

fatigue,
184
,
278
,
390
,
466
,
605
,
611
,
622
,
624

postpartum,
433

pregnancy and,
309

fats, dietary,
597

“fat talk,”
66

fatty tissue, in breasts,
15
,
16
,
16
,
17

fbomb,
810

FC2 female condom,
215
–17,
216
,
265

FDA,
see
Food and Drug Administration

fear,
144
,
500
,
531
,
555
,
660

orgasm and,
158
,
159

postpartum,
456
,
457

violence and,
705
,
709

federal employees,
342

Federal Trade Commission,
59

female genital cutting (FGC; female genital mutilation),
281
,
646
,
692
,
793
–94

Female Health Company (FHC),
800

female sexual dysfunction (FSD),
182
–84

female-to-male (FTM) transsexual,
75

see also
trans man

Femara,
484

FemCap,
220

Feminine Forever
(Wilson),
536
n

femininity,
73
,
74
,
76

Feministing.com,
695
–96,
809

feminists, feminism,
73
,
74
,
167
,
692
,
754

abortion and,
339

birth control and,
205

fantasies and,
175

medicalization of desire and,
182

relationships and,
111
,
115
,
119
,
121
,
134
,
136
,
137

twenty-first-century activism and,
808
–9,
823

violence and,
708
–9

Feminist Women's Health Center,
9

Femring,
539

fentanyl,
414

Fenway Guide to LGBT Health
(book),
81
,
82
,
87

fertile phase,
27

fertility,
151
,
203
,
209
,
237
,
241
,
278
,
619
,
738

aging and,
351

maximizing of,
479

POI and,
525

preservation of,
486

primary signs of,
27
,
29

secondary signs of,
29

fertility awareness method (FAM),
26
–29,
248
–49,
251
,
255
,
338

effectiveness of,
248

to help conception,
28

new technologies and,
248
–49

primary fertility signs and,
27
,
29

scientific principles of,
27

secondary fertility signs and,
29

workings of,
248

fertility drugs,
483
–86,
620

fertility tourism,
803
–5

fertilization,
see
conception

fertilizers,
754

Fertinex,
484

fetal distress,
389

fetal monitoring,
369
,
410
,
416

fetoscope,
410

fetus,
6
,
197
,
313

abortion and,
334
,
344

environmental impacts on,
728
,
730
,
733
,
734
,
736
,
739
,
740
,
743

heart rate of,
410
,
417
,
418

language of “choice” and,
374

in multiple-gestation pregnancy,
468

reduction of oxygen flow to,
408
,
409
,
417
,
418
,
420

Rh factor and,
323
n
,
466

syphilis and,
292

tests for impairment of,
380
–82,
385

fever,
27
,
244
,
290
,
304
,
609
,
622
,
640

abortion and,
337

labor and,
417

postpartum,
432

Fforde, Jasper,
119

fibroadenomas,
588
,
589

fibroids,
477
,
522
,
607
–9,
608
,
612
,
630

birth control and,
241
,
244

bleeding and,
26
,
512
,
608
,
611

medical treatments for,
609
,
629
,
630

perimenopause and,
510
,
512

self-help for,
609

fibromyalgia,
193
,
196
,
624

Fiji Women's Rights Movement,
822

Filipovic, Jill,
164

fimbria,
11
,
19

final menstrual period (FMP),
506
,
507

finances,
710
,
760

abortion and,
319

adoption and,
358

as barrier to health care,
678
–80

domestic violence and,
712
,
715

elder abuse and,
575
,
576

labor and,
406

old age and,
549
,
555
,
575
,
576
,
580

relationships and,
124
,
131
,
132
,
134

STIs and,
291

unplanned pregnancy and,
313

finger cots,
265

fingers:

safe sex and,
264
–65

sexual stimulations with,
174
,
186
,
187
,
449
,
631

Finland,
627

fish, PCBs in,
730
,
735
,
742

Five Wishes,
572

Flagyl,
293
–94

flibanserin,
184

Flow
(Stein and Kim),
23

Flowers, Margaret,
770

fluid bonding,
266

fluoxetine,
188
,
458
,
515

focused ultrasound surgery (focused ultrasound ablation),
609

Focus on Healthy Aging,
559

follicle,
619

follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),
482
,
484
,
510
,
511

follicular aspiration,
487

Follistim,
484

food,
453
,
527
–30,
543
,
721
,
743

calcium in,
235
,
529
,
732

canned,
740

environmental toxins in,
731
,
737
,
739
,
740
,
742
,
746
,
752

labels on,
752

low-fat or low-carb,
67

organic,
737

processed,
68
,
609
,
780

WIC,
379
,
384

Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA),
47
,
52
,
54
,
55
,
499
,
533
,
534

abortion and,
325

antidepressants and,
391

bioidentical hormones and,
596

birth control and,
210
,
238
,
243
,
247

bisphosphonates and,
532

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research of,
668

cosmetics and,
742
,
744

emergency contraception and,
252
,
765

environmental toxins and,
734
,
819

female desire and,
183
,
184

FSD and,
183

HIV testing and,
306