Excerpts from Our Bodies, Ourselves 2011

A limited number of excerpts from the most recent edition of "Our Bodies, Ourselves," published in October 2011, are listed below. For a complete look inside the book, view the table of contents. You can also browse advance praise and reviews. The book is available at bookstores nationwide and online. Inscribed editions are offered for donations of $150 or more. Interested in providing "Our Bodies, Ourselves" to your clients or members? Learn more about the 70 percent clinic discount for health clinics and certain nonprofit organizations.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Our Female Bodies

• Vaginal Corona (Or What You May Know as the Hymen)
  
  
• Breast Self-Exams
  
  
• What Do We Do with Our Menstrual Flow?
  
  
• Disorders of Sexual Development
  
  
• In Translation: Redefining Women's Bodies
  
  
• In Translation: My Body is Mine

Chapter 3: Body Image

• Building a Better Body Image
   
  
• A Conversation about Body Image and Self-Esteem
  
  
• In Translation: Skin Whitening: At What Cost?
  
  
• Commercialized Culture: The History of Women in Advertising

Chapter 4: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

• Resources for LGBTQ Youth 

Chapter 5: Relationships

• The Relationships Chapter: Participant Bios
  
  
• How Do You Define and Express Intimacy?
  

Chapter 6. Social Influences on Sexuality

• Celibacy and Asexuality
  
  
• Virginity 

Chapter 7. Sexual Pleasure and Enthusiastic Consent

• Enthusiastic Consent
  
  
• Sexuality and Sexual Pleasure: Recommended Resources

Chapter 9: Birth Control

• Emergency Contraception
   
  
• The Female Condom

Chapter 10: Birth Control

• Introduction to Birth Control
  
  
• The Female Condom
  
  
• Safety of the Pill
  
  
• Emergency Contraception 

Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Screening and Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections
  
  
• Women and HIV/AIDS

Chapter 13: Abortion

• Early Abortion Options
  
  
• What You Need to Know
  
  
• Finding an Abortion Provider
  
  
• History of Abortion in the U.S.

Chapter 14: Considering Parenting

• Aging and Fertility

Chapter 15: Pregnancy and Preparing for Birth

• Models of Maternity Care
  
  
• Depression and Other Mental Health Challenges During Pregnancy 

Chapter 17: The Early Months of Parenting

• Introduction

Chapter 19: Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies

• What Is Infertility?
  
  
• IVF and Single Embryo Transfers
  
  
• A.R.T: Clinic Statistics and Success Rates
  
  
• In Translation: Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Bulgaria

Chapter 20: Perimenopause and Menopause

• Research on Midlife Women's Health
  
  
• In Translation: Menopause in Other Cultures

Chapter 21: Our Later Years

• The New Old Age

Chapter 22: Selected Medical Problems

• Vulvodynia
  
  
• Endometriosis
  
  
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
  
  
• HPV Vaccines
  
  
• Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

Chapter 23: Navigating the Health Care System

• Complementary and Alternative Therapies
  
  
• Can We Trust the Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine?
  
  
• How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet

Chapter 24: Violence Against Women

• In Translation: Upending the Notion of Violence as "Normal"

Chapter 25: Environmental and Occupational Health

• In Translation: Constructing Toilets and Planting Trees
  
  
• Two Environmental Crises That Inspired Action

Chapter 26: Politics of Women’s Health

• The Politics of Reproductive Rights
  
  
• Emerging Issues: Genetic Modification of Future Generations
  
  
• Emerging Issues: Patenting of Human Genes and Women's Health
  
  
• Emerging Issues: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Fertility Tourism
  
  
• Emerging Issues: Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  
  
• Emerging Issues: Biopolitics, Women's Health and Social Justice
     
  
• In Translation: Barriers to Contraception and Abortion
  
  
• In Translation: Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean
  
  
• In Translation: HIV Activists Travel on Foot and by Canoe to Raise Awareness
  
  
• In Translation: Women's Rights are Human Rights

• Introduction
  
  
• Sexualization of Young Girls and Women
  
  
• Making Our Voices Heard
  
  
• Profiles: Two Groups Working for Reproductive Justice