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later years,
see
old age

latex allergy,
186
,
211
,
213
–14,
265
,
268

Latin America,
329
,
782
,
786
–87,
786
,
823

Latinas,
see
Hispanic women

Latinos,
see
Hispanic men

lawsuits:

childbirth and,
373

class action,
751

over HT safety,
668

IUDs and,
240

public breastfeeding and,
446

Layne, Linda,
463

lead,
52
,
732
–34,
741
,
743
,
753

League of Women Voters,
583

Lee, Barbara,
773
,
778

Legal Conceptions
(Crockin and Jones),
495

legal decisions, health and,
571

Legal Momentum,
700
,
711

legs,
646

blood clots in,
227
,
542

pain in,
228
,
622

swelling in,
431
,
432

Leona's Sister Geri
(documentary),
339

lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), gynecological exams and,
43

Lesbian Health & Research Center,
682

lesbians,
76
,
84
–85

adoption and,
357

barriers to health care access and,
682
–84

black,
93

body image and,
47
,
51

coming out of,
88
–89,
121
,
561

defined,
84

experience of,
85

media portrayals of,
144

multiple identities of,
91

older,
551
,
552
,
558
,
561

partner sex of,
169

safer sex and,
259
,
271
,
683

special health issues for,
87
–88

STIs and,
259
,
271
,
280
–81

violence against,
693
–94,
705

Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere
(Harding and Kirby),
68

letrozole,
484

leukemia, childhood,
436
,
728
–29,
730

Leukeran,
197

leuprolide acetate,
609

Levitra,
184

levonorgestrel,
238
,
542
,
613

Levy, Ariel,
817

LGBT Movement Advancement Project,
558

LGBTQ, use of acronym,
76

libido,
see
desire, sexual

lidocaine,
177

Lief, Harold,
155

life expectancy,
548
,
566
,
761
,
779
,
783

lifelong learners,
578

Life Planning Network,
568

Lifetime,
120

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
760

Liou, Julia,
751

lipids,
185
,
545

liposuction,
54
,
55

Listening to Mothers II,
372
,
374
,
409

Little Mermaid, The
(movie),
121

liver,
533
,
538
,
567
,
622
,
732

damage to,
81
,
185
,
301

liver cancer,
301

liver disease,
235
,
237
,
241

birth control and,
227
,
233

liver failure,
301

liver tumors,
226

Living Downstream
(Steingraber),
754

living wills,
571
,
572
,
573

LL Cool J,
123

LLETZ (large loop excision of the transformation zone),
619

lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS),
601

local therapy, for breast cancer,
602
,
603
–4

lochia (postpartum vaginal discharge),
431
,
434

Loe, Meika,
172
,
561

long-acting birth control,
209
,
229
,
236
–47,
254

where to get,
236

see also
implants; IUDs

long-term care,
570
–71,
577
,
582

loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP),
618
–19

Lorde, Audre,
142

L'Oréal Paris,
47

Los Angeles Times
,
821

loss,
553
–54,
698

see also
death

lost, getting,
134
–35

love:

fucking vs.,
145

relationships and,
106
,
107
,
112
–14,
122
,
123

Love, Susan,
595
,
600

Love Canal,
739
,
755
–56

Love Canal Home Owners Association,
754
,
755

“Love Letter from an Anti-Rape Activist to Her Feminist Sex Toy Store, A” (Riggs),
703

Lovely Lucy
(blog),
47

low-birth-weight babies,
293
,
378
,
471
,
489
,
742

of Hispanics,
761
,
762

low blood pressure,
244
,
417

low-dose oral pills,
197

Lu, Michael,
764

lubricants,
29
,
154
,
177
–78

for anal sex,
174
,
215
,
223

condom use and,
186
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
223

diaphragm and,
171
,
220

female condom and,
215
,
217

hysterectomy and,
631
,
632

insufficient,
186

for masturbation,
162
,
177

natural oil-based,
178

oil-based,
177
,
178
,
213
,
214
,
220

other oil-based,
178

perimenopause and,
517
,
519

safer sex and,
262
,
268

silicone,
178
,
215
,
220
,
223

for vaginal penetration,
171
,
517

water-based, with glycerin,
177
–78

water-based, without glycerin,
178

lumpectomy,
444
,
599
,
602
,
603

lung cancer,
594
,
780

lungs,
485
,
734

blood clots in,
227
,
542

Lupron,
484
,
609
,
613
,
626

Lupron Victim's Hub,
484

lupus,
524
,
624

luteinizing hormone (LH),
27
,
28
,
482
,
484
,
510
,
511

lymph nodes,
588
,
600
,
603
,
610
,
619
,
622

lymphomas,
304
,
593

lysine (L-lysine),
298

McCain, John,
66

McCain, Meghan,
66

McKinley, Catherine,
464

McQuade, Susan,
749

macrosomia,
663

“Mad as Hell Doctors,”
770

Made in India
(documentary),
805

magazines:

body image and,
57
,
60
,
64
,
65

erotica,
179

magnesium,
530

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
591
,
612
,
621

Maine,
771

Maine, Margo,
45

makeovers,
52
,
55

malaria,
738
,
783

Malaysia,
740

Male Contraceptive Coalition,
247

males,
144

birth control and,
203
–6,
208
,
209
,
211
–14,
245
–46,
247

black,
60
,
66
,
117
,
123
,
126
–27,
144
,
301
,
767

“blue balls” in,
158

body image and,
59
–60,
66
,
116

circumcision of,
799

control by,
272

drug dosage of,
567

ejaculation of,
33
,
172
,
213
,
293
,
477
,
482

family role of,
783

fat women and,
148

health disparities and,
763

Hispanic and Latino,
66
,
282
,
745

infertility and,
477
,
478

orgasm of,
147

pelvic organs of,
206

penis of,
see
erections; penis

PID and,
622

power of,
147
,
148

prostate fluid of,
160

in recession,
760
–61

scrotum of,
6
,
206

stereotypes about,
169

STI symptoms in,
290
,
291
,
293

transgender,
53

violence against,
692

violence by,
692
,
693
,
713

widowers,
553

women as objects for,
57
,
141

see also
fathers; sperm

male-to-female (MTF) transsexual,
75

see also
trans woman

Mali,
787
,
793

mammograms,
557
,
589
–92,
594
,
595
,
602
,
606
,
654
,
761

disparities in,
680

screening controversy over (2009),
762

Manavi,
526
–27,
791
–92

Manhattan Center for Vaginal Surgery,
59

manual vacuum aspiration (MVA),
328

March for Women's Lives,
346
,
580
–81

March of Dimes,
764

Margentaler, Abraham,
172

Markey, Ed,
52

marriage,
95
,
100
,
105
,
119
,
120
,
139
,
564

by age group,
114

changing attitudes about,
113

fights in,
30

global,
789

healing from sexual abuse and,
136

interracial,
125

same-sex,
118
,
568
,
573
–74

marriage counselors,
114

Martin, Courtney,
69
–70

Martin, Patty,
754

Martinez, Krystal,
192

Martinez, Veronica,
192

masculinity,
60
,
73
,
76

Massachusetts,
573
–74,
599
,
694
,
717
,
748
,
820

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition,
695

massage,
168
,
305
,
413
,
431
,
449
,
497

massage oils,
213
,
268

mastectomy,
444
,
599
,
602
,
603
,
604
,
605

Masters, William,
154
–55,
156

mastitis,
443
–44

masturbation,
112
,
151
,
157
,
158
,
185

learning,
162

lubricants for,
162
,
177

menopause and,
161

mutual,
169
,
170
,
265
,
565

during partner sex,
170
–71

in public,
190

vaginal corona and,
7

Match.com,
105

matchmaking agencies, international,
699

maternal-fetal medicine physicians (MFMs),
366
,
384

maternal health care crisis,
763
–64

maternity care,
362
–97,
654
,
762
,
771

birth places and,
367
–71,
376

choosing a provider for,
362

finding a provider for,
366
–67

labor and birth preparation in,
392
–97

language of “choice” and,
374

models of,
363
–64

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