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Women's & Gender Studies
Undergraduate 2
11/16/2009

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"women adn the risks and burdens of HIV"
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women more succeptable to HIV
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"hold the hype on HPV"
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who shoul dget the hpv, everyone most important for non-exposed people
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"cervical cancer vaccines in context"
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HPV vacine great medical advancement-public backlash despite
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"male and female hormones revisited"
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hormones not black and white like educaton makes them gendered.  need better understanding of both hormones in both genders
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"female adolescense: puberty and growing up"
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important for nourishment in adolescent girls. 
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"selling of premenstural syndrome"
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importance of buying menstrual products that suit you-not just what is popularly advertised
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"to bleed or not to bleed"
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medicalization has created a stigma on the natural process of menstruation.  encouraged to fight monthly menstruation instead of embrass it as a natural process
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"eight new nonhormonal contraceptive methods for men"
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varios contraception methods for men, not involving hormones.  a way for men to take a part in preventative measures
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"dangerous conbination: direct-to-consumer advertising, absitence only education and young women's health"
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media does a poor job of accurately potraying birth control and the real advantages and disadvantages.  girls with abstience only education less educated and look at media for examples, negative on health because not a full understanding
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"acquiescense in the contraceptive market"
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hormornal birth control most marketed and popular forms, despite negative effects.  find more natural birth control options
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"new target: birth control"
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pro-life wisconsin promotes to association of birth control and abortion.  wants to ban birth control methods
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"intro chapter 10"
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reproductive rights vs justice.  how would rights be different if society was more equal?
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"the color of choice: white supremacy adn reproductive justice"
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women of color desire to see similar reproductive justices that white women have.  hiearchy of reporductive rights punishes women of color
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"bad baby blues: reporductive technology adn teh threat to diversity"
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technology increases abortions of disabled children.  "selective abortion" forces obligation on women who do not consider rights of their unborn
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"reproductive issues are essential survival issues for asian-american communities"
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importance of reproductive rights for asian americans who did no receive proper health education or service. 
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"discovering yoru infertile"
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infertility causes women to blame themselves in a society who has taught them they have the problem
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"up date to discovering you're infertile"
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still seen as a problem to motherhood, but has been increase in treatment options and focusing on emotional needs
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"color of loss"
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miscarriage difficult for everyone, lesbians not an exception.  fertility is important to them as well need for further study of infertility
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"cultural warping of childbirth"
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united states puts such medicilizationed focus on birthing process while other cultures have more natural processes it is not medicilized enough
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"routine midwifery care: why not here"
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midwivery should be more available option for women of us.  need to reduce barriers so women have option and can reek benefits of midwives.
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"overview of maternity care in us"
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technology and medicilizaiton has taken over the birthing process.  women need to root to their natural process
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