Women's Health: Readings on Social, Economic, and Political Issues

STUDENT VERSION

 

Activism concerning women's health issues has been a central part of the struggle for women and men to improve the role of women in society.

The readings in Women's Health: Readings on Social, Economic, and Political Issues are a representation of the exciting range of excellent resources now available on women's health issues. The resource information at the end of the book summarizes many of the sources for the material used in this book, and serves as a partial list of the periodicals and magazines which regularly feature women's health topics.

These articles are examples of the amazing range of women's health writing and organizing being done throughout the world by individuals and groups actively striving for health care systems that focus on women's needs. Readings and worksheets in Women's Health have been specifically chosen to stimulate thought and analysis in preparation for discussion sections. The selections have been made to complement, rather than overlap, material covered in other books used in women's studies courses.

Over 175 articles on important topics, including:
- Women and the Health Care System
- Inequalities and Health
- Images and Gender Roles
- Menstruation
- Women and Mental Health
- Intimate Partner Violence and Health
- Alcohol and Tobacco Issues
- Food, Body Shaping, and Body Projects
- Sexuality and LBT Issues
- Fertility, Infertility, and Reproductive Rights/Freedom
- Childbirth and Lactation
- Aging, Ageism, Mid-Life and Older Women's Issues
- The Politics of Disease