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Introduction

Part 1: Bodies and Identities

Chapter 1: Our Female Bodies: Sexual Anatomy, Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle

Chapter 2: Intro to Sexual Health

Chapter 3: Body Image

Chapter 4: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

Part 2: Relationships and sexuality

Chapter 5: Relationships

Chapter 6: Social Influences on Sexuality

Chapter 7: Sexual Pleasure and Enthusiastic Consent

Chapter 8: Sexual Challenges

Part 3: Sexual Health and Reproductive Choices

Chapter 9: Birth Control

Chapter 10: Safer Sex

Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Chapter 12: Unexpected Pregnancy

Chapter 13: Abortion

Part 4: Childbearing

Chapter 14: Considering Parenting

Chapter 15: Pregnancy and Preparing for Birth

Chapter 16: Labor and Birth

Chapter 17: The Early Months of Parenting

Chapter 18: Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Other Losses

Chapter 19: Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Part 5: Postreproductive Years

Chapter 20: Perimenopause and Menopause

Chapter 21: Our Later years

Part 6: Medical Problems and Navigating the Health Care System

Chapter 22: Selected Medical Problems

Chapter 23: Navigating the Health Care System

Part 7: Major Forces Affecting Women’s Sexuality and Reproductive Health 689

Chapter 24: Violence Against Women

Chapter 25: Environmental and Occupational Health

Chapter 26: The Politics of Women’s Health

Chapter 27: Activism in the Twenty-first Century

Recommended Resources

Notes

Authorship

About the Contributors

Index