Table of Contents
Sacrificing Our Selves for Love
by Jane Wegscheider Hyman and Esther Rome, in cooperation with The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. © Crossing Press: 1996.
Part 1: Trying to Look Different
Chapter 1: Self-Starvation
The Power of Slenderness, Low-Calorie Dieting, Anorexia and Bulimia, Fighting Back
Chapter 2: Help for Women with Eating Disorders
Self-Help, Outside Help
Chapter 3: Changing Our Bodies Through Surgery
The Pressure to Have Cosmetic Surgery, The Risks Associated with Cosmetic Surgery, Medical Cosmeticians? Competition for Our Bodies
Chapter 4: Caveat Emptor: Shopping for a Cosmetic Surgeon
Deciphering the Ads, Choosing a Surgeon, Checking on Certification, Choosing a Facility
Chapter 5: Inflating Our Image: Breast Implants
Beauty and the Beast, The Implants, Known and Suspected Complications, Suspected Long-Term Risks, Why Were We Misled?
Chapter 6: Accepting Ourselves
Breaking the Cycle, Challenging the Media, Body Image Exercises
Part II: Living in Abusive Relationships
Chapter 7: Intimate Abuse
Myths that Contribute to Intimate Abuse, Examples of Abuse, The Lasting Effects of Abuse, The Mind of an Abuser, Can Batterers Change?, The Changes We Need, Raising Our Awareness
Chapter 8: About Rape
Myths and Reality, The Social Underpinnings of Rape, The Mind of a Rapist, The Failure of the Legal System, What to Do if You Are Raped
Chapter 9: Saving Ourselves
Helping Ourselves, Reaching Out, If You Think You May Be in Danger, If You Need to Go to the Emergency Room, Should You Leave? The Effects o Abuse on Children, Life After Abuse: Women’s Voices, Changing Our Communities
Part III: Dying For Love
Chapter 10: The Costs of Physical Love
Subservience in the Bedroom, Cervical Cancer, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, HIV and AIDS, The Government’s Educational Efforts, What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, Can We Rely on Our Doctors? The Need for Social Change, Taking Action
Chapter 11: Choosing Ourselves
Deciding What to Do, Making Safer Sex Part of Your Life, Guidelines for Safer Sex, Detection and Treatment of Sexually Transmissible Diseases
Notes
Resources
Index