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Why Do Doctors Get to Decide When a Woman Is Old Enough to Have Her 'Tubes...
Women under 30 who have made the decision not to have children often find their requests for tubal ligation procedures denied -- simply for the reason that doctors think they are "too young."This...
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The End of Natural Beauty?
As millions adopt life-long regimens of cosmetic surgery, is the idea of natural beauty a thing of the past?This article is reprinted from American Sexuality magazine.Sixteen was a particularly hard...
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Circumcision: What's a Nonpracticing Jew to Do?
Circumcision remains one defining trait for Jewish men. But how does a Jewish feminist parent rationalize the tradition today?I hate most pork. Roast it, glaze it, do what you will, pig rarely sings to...
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Let's Talk About Sex
A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.Carla Stokes is an activist, researcher, and health educator specializing in the cultural and health dimensions of gender,...
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In Search of the "Perfect" Vagina: Women Spend and (Spread) to Achieve Porn...
The labiaplasty: Yet another symptom of our culture's need to assert control over women's bodies and sexuality."It doesn’t look right," said forty-two-year-old Carla Westman*. "Like I’m uneven, like...
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