Social work as a profession and academic discipline has long centered women and issues of concern to women, such as reproductive rights, labor rights, equal rights, violence and poverty.
Against a backdrop of virtual intercourse, online porn, and burgeoning Viagra sales, Sex, Lies, and Pharmaceuticals reveals how womens sexual difficulties are being repackaged as symptoms of a new disorder.
I Am Not My Breast Cancer gathers the warm, loving, frank, and informed voices of more than eight hundred women—from every state in the nation and from continents as far away as Australia and Africa—who reveal their fears, trade advice, share experiences, and express their deepest, most intimate concerns.
In 2010, Thea Cacchioni testified before the US Food and Drug Administration against flibanserin, a drug proposed to treat low sexual desire in women, dubbed by the media the “pink Viagra.
Daughters, mothers, wives and grandmothers alike will treasure this heart-warming collection of short stories and find comfort in the advice they offer.
A comprehensive guide to polycystic ovary syndrome, from a leading authority on the condition One in ten American women of childbearing age is affected by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to some degree, and many suffer from serious symptoms, such as infertility, early miscarriage, chronic pelvic pain, weight gain, high blood pressure, acne, and abnormal hair growth.
A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis book, written for the layperson, provides evidence-based material explaining the complex and evolving evidence of the benefits and limitations of breast cancer screening and the advances in breast cancer treatment.
If you're one of the millions of American women suffering from PMS, irregular periods, difficulty getting pregnant, low sex drive, postpartum depression, menopausal symptoms, or many other hormonal problems, what you may not realize is that thyroid disease could be the culprit.
In Public Privates, a book about looking and being looked at, about speculums, spectacles, and spectators, about display, illumination, and reflection, Terri Kapsalis makes visible the practices and representations of gynecology.
Growing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally different ways, but the relationship between gender and city environments has been ignored or misunderstood.
Nahezu 90 Prozent aller Frauen leiden - in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß - unter PMS, einem Syndrom, das mit einer riesigen Bandbreite an Beschwerden einhergehen kann.
Sex is talked about more openly today than ever before, but if you still struggle with sexual myths, self-doubt, and "e;embarrassing"e; questions, you're in good company.
We get so much more out of life when we feel positive and energised and therefore it is such a shame when the everyday pressures of life build up and we find ourselves doing almost anything simply to get by and end up a long way from the ideal that we still wistfully have in mind.
Simples Métodos de Control de la Natalidad es una guía actualizada de un sistema de opciones sobre la reproducción que ha existido - de una forma u otra - por miles de años.
A celebration of all things South Asian beautyA masterclass in skincare, haircare, makeup and wellness, South Asian Beauty is the beauty bible you've been waiting for.
Embody radiance as you transition into and luxuriate in midlife in all its facets—fashion, health, beauty, and most importantly, mindset—by loving yourself for who you are.
