Our Bodies, Ourselves (220 page)

toilet paper,
517
,
634
–35

toiletries, dangers of,
50
–52

toilet seats,
276

toothbrushes,
300

tooth loss,
536

Total Girl
,
64

total hysterectomy (complete hysterectomy),
632

total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy,
632

touch, touching,
168
,
565

inappropriate,
135
,
701
,
721

labor and,
413
–14

toxic shock syndrome (TSS),
22
,
220

Toxics Use Reduction Institute,
753

Toxipedia,
733

trade agreements, global,
780

Trafficking in Persons Report
,
790

trafficking of women and girls,
692
,
699
,
723
,
790
–93

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),
792

TRAM flap,
606
,
607

Tran, A'yen,
321

tranexamic acid,
612

tranquilizers,
634

Transamerica
(movie),
122

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves
(Erickson-Schroth, ed.),
79

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS),
645

transdermal estrogen,
538
–39,
545

trans-friendly health care, model for,
82

transgender (trans),
76
,
84
,
85

body image and,
47
,
51
,
53

coming out of,
89

defined,
75
,
81

gynecological exams and,
43

older,
558

sex workers and,
724

violence against,
694
,
695
,
705

Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not
(Herman),
76

Transgender Law Center,
80

Transition Network,
577

transition phase of labor,
403
,
414
,
418

trans man,
75
,
77
,
79
,
81
,
82

trans people, media portrayals of,
144

transphobia,
94
–96,
148
,
682
–84,
705

transsexual (trans),
75
,
76
,
79
–84

coming out of,
89
,
91

experience of,
76
–77,
79

health issues and,
77
,
80
–83

health screenings for reproductive organs for,
82

recommended resources for,
80

side effects and risks of hormone treatments for,
80
–81

violence against,
694

transvaginal ultrasound,
612

trans woman,
79
–82

body image and,
147

defined,
75

gender identity of,
74

relationships and,
116
,
120
,
121
–22

surgery for,
77

Trans Youth Family Allies,
80

treatment, right to refuse,
670
–71

see also specific topics

treatment-induced menopause,
524

Trevor Project,
90

Tribal Law and Order Act (2010),
697

trichomonas,
212

trichomoniasis,
88
,
186
,
258
,
276
,
637
,
639

curing of,
278

testing for,
285
,
293

treatment of,
285
,
293
–94

trimethoprim,
642

Trouble, Courtney,
180

trust,
110
,
112
,
202

health care providers and,
287
,
657

self-,
124

Truvada,
303

tubal ligation,
203
,
242
–45,
255
,
620

tuberculosis,
437
,
762

tuberculosis drugs,
227
,
228
,
233

tubo-ovarian abscess,
622

tummy tucks,
4

Turkey,
32

Turner syndrome,
524

Turning a Corner
(film),
724

tweens, marketing to,
64
–65

twins,
19
,
485
,
489
,
497

birth of,
373

fraternal,
27

vanishing,
468

Twitter,
809
,
816

Two Whole Cakes,
68

Tylenol,
325
,
331

Ugly Beauty
(Brandon),
57

ulpristal acetate,
252

Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability, The
(Kaufman, Silverberg, and Odette),
193

ultrasounds,
311
,
465
,
620
,
621
,
630

abortion and,
323
–24,
329
,
334

for breast screenings,
589
,
590

fibroids and,
608
,
609

infertility and,
482

labor and,
410

PCOS and,
649

PID and,
623

polyps and,
609

pregnancy and,
244
,
378
,
381
,
382
,
385

stillbirth and,
469

transvaginal,
612

vaginal,
623

umbilical cord,
408
,
420
,
423
,
730
,
740
,
743

UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva Refugee Convention),
794

underemployment,
95

underwear,
31
,
34
,
635

unemployment,
272
,
314
,
534
,
768
,
774

UNICEF,
790
,
793

uninsured women,
281
,
534
,
654
,
759
,
768
–71,
773
,
775

Union Carbide Corporation (UCC),
756
,
757

Unitarian Universalism,
151

United Auto Workers (UAW),
748

United Auto Workers (UAW) v. Johnson Controls
,
748
,
749

United Church of Christ,
151
,
745

United Kingdom,
392
,
415
,
596
,
617
,
627
,
782
,
796
,
804

United Nations,
161
,
692
,
785

violence against women and,
788
,
789
,
792
,
794

United Nations Development Fund for Women,
726

United Nations Environment Programme,
737

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA),
785

United Nations Programme on the Family,
783

United States,
96
,
646
,
823

abortion in,
313
,
317
,
318
,
322
,
324
,
325
,
328
,
332
,
337
–43,
345
,
759

aging studies in,
542
–43

birth control in,
215
,
220
,
224
,
240
,
243
,
245
,
246
,
247

birth rates in,
781

body fat in,
66

breast cancer in,
593
,
594
,
596
,
680

breastfeeding in,
445
,
446

cervical cancer in,
614
–17,
619

childbirth in,
399
,
400
,
410
,
415
,
428
,
497

cosmetics in,
47
,
50

C-sections in,
400

decline of age of menarche in,
18

DES in,
627

disparities in health care in,
680
–81

disparities in health status by race and ethnicity in,
761
–63

donor and surrogacy in,
494
,
495
–96

economic recession in,
759
,
760
–61,
764
,
768

emergency contraception in,
251
,
252
,
765

endometrial cancer in,
610

endometriosis in,
624

environmental and occupational health in,
727
–46,
748
–56

female condom in,
215
,
265

female testosterone use and,
184

genetic patents in,
805

global gag rule and,
774
,
776
,
785

grandparent childrearing in,
551

health care reform legislation in (2010),
446
,
534
,
569
,
651
,
653
–55,
681
,
687
,
759
,
770
–77

health insurance in,
81
,
534
,
680

hemophilia treatment centers in,
614

hormone therapy in,
512
,
537
,
538
,
540
,
542
,
596

HPV vaccine in,
617

hysterectomy in,
628
–34

infant mortality in,
759
,
762
,
764
–65

infertility in,
475
–76

infertility treatment in,
486
,
488
,
497
,
498
,
499
,
500

interracial marriage in,
125

male superiority in,
693

maternal health in,
759
,
763
–65

maternal support in,
452
,
460

maternity care in,
360
,
362
,
363
–64,
370
,
372
,
373
,
389
,
393

medicalization of menopause in,
533

mental health professionals in,
156

National Coming Out Day in,
90

old age in,
548
,
549
,
557
,
558
,
566
,
567

osteoporosis prevention in,
532

ovarian cancer in,
620

overtreatment in,
566

overweight and obesity in,
68

PBS/IC in,
643

PID in,
622

plastic surgery in,
52
,
54
,
58

politics of women's health in,
535
–37,
581
–83,
758
–79

postpartum care in,
428
,
434
,
448

privacy rights in,
36

queer discrimination in,
94

research cloning in,
803

sex education in,
271
,
765
–66

sterilization in,
245
,
246
,
630

STIs in,
202
,
258
,
275
–78,
280
,
282
,
290
,
291
,
294
,
295
,
297
,
300
–306,
666
,
759
,
766
–67

teen parents in,
314

tranexamic acid in,
612

trans teens in,
83

unintended pregnancies in,
316

violence in,
691
–717,
719
–26

vitamin D deficiency in,
530

White Ribbon Campaign in,
694

see also specific topics

United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act,
796

universities, rapes at,
702
–3

unmarried Americans,
113

“Unraveling the Fertility Industry” (report),
805

UN Women,
788

uranium mines,
733

ureter,
206
,
640
,
640

ureteroscopy,
573

urethra,
11
,
518
,
622
,
640
,
644
,
646

female ejaculation and,
159
,
160

G-spot and,
159

male,
206
,
293
,
477

opening of,
4

STIs and,
290
,
291
,
293

urinary tract infections and,
639
,
640
,
641

urge incontinence (UI),
518
,
519

urinary incontinence (UI),
58
,
433
,
518
,
543
,
631
,
642
–43