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The
F Word
The word "feminist" still raises hackles. Is
claiming this word all about age, race, and class? |
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MS.CELLANEOUS:
-What?
-Just
The Facts
-Word: Impossible
-Women to Watch
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Zero
Balance
Those entering middle age are discovering--sometimes too
late--that women get the short end of the stick when it
comes to retirement benefits. |
YOUR
HEALTH:
-Healthnotes
-Women's Bodies are Finally Being Studied |
The
Abortion Pill
Making mifepristone available in this country took decades
of struggle and remains fraught with controversy. |
-Editor's
Page
-Letters
-The Guerilla Girls
-No Comment
-Poetry
-News
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Portfolio:
Romaine Brooks
Lesbian society in Paris at the turn of the 20th century
is captured by this groundbreaking portraitist. |
| Uppity
Women: Rosario Robles' Bold Agenda |
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Books:
-The
Serpent Slayer by Katrin Tchana, Illustrated
by Trina Schart Hyman
-Desirada,
Maryse Conde
-Glory
Goes And Gets Some, Emily Carter
-The
Moon Pearl, Ruthanne Lum McCunn
-Kiss
My Tiara, Susan Jane Gilman
-Motiba's
Tattoos, Mira Kamdar
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-First
Person: By Any Other Name
-Columns: Daisy Hernandez, Patricia Smith and Gloria
Steinem |
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 BY
SHERI WHITLEY |
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question of whether to tell children they are adopted
was solved decades ago: honesty is the best policy. But
welcome to the world of genetic engineering, where parents
who conceived their children using donor eggs, surrogate
mothers, and the like are wondering what to do. A new
guide by the American Infertility Association says telling
the truth is still the best approach. Available at www.americaninfertility.org,
the guide also offers valuable tips on how to have age-appropriate
discussions with kids. |
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| When
asked what they most wanted from elected officials, nine
out of ten women in a recent survey named health care
issues as the major priority. The top issues they were
concerned about? Medicare, direct access to Ob-Gyns without
HMO referrals, and funding for research on women's health.
Almost two thirds of the women say officials have barely
addressed these issues. |
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| Having
a medical history made public is a problem for anyone,
but it can be a real danger for battered women:
a shelter address can be inadvertently given to
an abuser, or an insurer may refuse coverage after
reviewing a woman's record of hospital visits. The
Department of Health and Human Services is considering
new medical privacy regulations and the Family Violence
Prevention Fund has asked the department to include
procedures for handling the records of battered
women. If you support including such procedures,
contact FVPF at (415) 252-8900 or www.fvpf.org
to find out what to do. |
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| Your
chances of delivering your baby vaginally are higher if
you use a female doctor. According to a Yale University
study, male physicians are nearly 40% more likely to perform
cesareans than female doctors. No one knows exactly why,
but researchers think women doctors better understand
the female body and do a better job of communicating with
their patients. |
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That's
how some women describe men's listening abilities,
and a new study--with all of 40 people--backs them
up. The media's been having a field day with the
findings that men "listen" with only the left side
of their brains, while women use both sides. Depending
on who's reporting, you may learn that men are smarter
because they only use half as much brain power,
or that women outshine men because they listen more
fully. They're all wrong. Researchers at the Indiana
University School of Medicine, who did the study,
say there's no evidence that one sex listens better
than the other. |
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