Birth Sex

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-07-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309132975

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Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences Pdf

It's obvious why only men develop prostate cancer and why only women get ovarian cancer. But it is not obvious why women are more likely to recover language ability after a stroke than men or why women are more apt to develop autoimmune diseases such as lupus. Sex differences in health throughout the lifespan have been documented. Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health begins to snap the pieces of the puzzle into place so that this knowledge can be used to improve health for both sexes. From behavior and cognition to metabolism and response to chemicals and infectious organisms, this book explores the health impact of sex (being male or female, according to reproductive organs and chromosomes) and gender (one's sense of self as male or female in society). Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health discusses basic biochemical differences in the cells of males and females and health variability between the sexes from conception throughout life. The book identifies key research needs and opportunities and addresses barriers to research. Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health will be important to health policy makers, basic, applied, and clinical researchers, educators, providers, and journalists-while being very accessible to interested lay readers.

Author : Rajani Bhatia
Publisher : Feminist Technosciences
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0295999217

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Gender Before Birth by Rajani Bhatia Pdf

This book breaks new ground on the evolution and present technologies and practices of lifestyle sex selection, builds on and critiques feminist and STS theories of reproduction to develop the new concept of biopopulationism, and engages with the messy politics of sex selection in the United States.

Author : Jonathan Eig
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393245943

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The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig Pdf

A Chicago Tribune "Best Books of 2014" • A Slate "Best Books 2014: Staff Picks" • A St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Best Books of 2014" The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. We know it simply as "the pill," yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic; the visionary scientist Gregory Pincus, who was dismissed by Harvard in the 1930s as a result of his experimentation with in vitro fertilization but who, after he was approached by Sanger and McCormick, grew obsessed with the idea of inventing a drug that could stop ovulation; and the telegenic John Rock, a Catholic doctor from Boston who battled his own church to become an enormously effective advocate in the effort to win public approval for the drug that would be marketed by Searle as Enovid. Spanning the years from Sanger’s heady Greenwich Village days in the early twentieth century to trial tests in Puerto Rico in the 1950s to the cusp of the sexual revolution in the 1960s, this is a grand story of radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes. Brilliantly researched and briskly written, The Birth of the Pill is gripping social, cultural, and scientific history.

Author : Beverley Chalmers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Eugenics
ISBN : 1781483531

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Birth, Sex and Abuse by Beverley Chalmers Pdf

Analyzes pregnancy and childbearing, sexuality, and sexual abuse, not only of Hitler's female victims but also of German women in the Third Reich.

Author : Adelaide E Aduboffour
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781467006217

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Sex and Romance During Pregnancy and After the Birth by Adelaide E Aduboffour Pdf

This book provides information on: 1.Physical and psychological changes during pregnancy and how it can affect your relationship and sex life 2.Enjoying sex and intimacy during pregnancy 3.Different positions to try as the bump grows bigger 4.when to refrain from sex. 5.How to be adventurous and creative when penetrative sex is not an option 6.Practical experiences shared by couples. 7.Myths and cultural beliefs surrounding sex and childbirth 8.Easing into your normal sex life after the birth of your baby. 9.Tips to help you and your partner to make most of your love life during this life -changing experience.

Author : Rajani Bhatia
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295742946

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Gender before Birth by Rajani Bhatia Pdf

In the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via abortion an “act of violence against women” and “unethical.” At the same time, new developments in reproductive technology in the United States led to a method of sex selection before conception; its US inventor marketed the practice as “family balancing” and defended it with the rhetoric of freedom of choice. In Gender before Birth, Rajani Bhatia takes on the double standard of how similar practices in the West and non-West are divergently named and framed. Bhatia’s extensive fieldwork includes interviews with clinicians, scientists, biomedical service providers, and feminist activists, and her resulting analysis extends both feminist theory on reproduction and feminist science and technology studies. She argues that we are at the beginning of a changing transnational terrain that presents new challenges to theorized inequality in reproduction, demonstrating how the technosciences often get embroiled in colonial gender and racial politics.

Author : Sheila Kitzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Childbirth
ISBN : 1780660537

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Birth & Sex by Sheila Kitzinger Pdf

Birth and sex are often talked about as if they were contrasting experiences. In fact, they each involve the same rush of hormones in an action drama in which mind and body work in harmony. When a woman is free to follow her instincts and give birth naturally, waves of endorphins surge in the bloodstream with the same energy as in ecstatic lovemaking. Birth and sex mingle to become one in the thrilling, sweet, intense and overwhelming experience of creation. Yet in the Western high-tech birth culture the environment often inhibits the spontaneity of birth, resulting in pain and distress. Pr.

Author : Alice Meyer
Publisher : Litres
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9785041224318

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Sex after childbirth. When you can have sex after giving birth by Alice Meyer Pdf

Is there sex after childbirth? Sexual life after childbirth. Myth or reality. Exact medical terms for the resumption of sexual activity after the birth of a child. Psychological fears of sex after childbirth. And many other interesting facts in this manual.

Author : Robin Elise Weiss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781569754252

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Guarantee the Sex of Your Baby by Robin Elise Weiss Pdf

GIRL OR BOY — THE CHOICE IS YOURS For the first time ever, you don’t need to simply hope that your next baby will be the daughter you always wanted or the son who balances your family. Guarantee the Sex of Your Baby tells how today’s revolutionary medical techniques such as sperm sorting and Preimplantantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) allow you to choose the sex of your next baby with 99.99% certainty. Guarantee the Sex of Your Baby guides you step by step through the maze of sex selection options and, in easy-to-understand terms, explains the high-tech medical procedures that empower you to have the baby of your dreams. Guarantee the Sex of Your Baby... •Reveals which high-tech procedures are most effective •Explains the pros and cons of low-tech approaches, including the Shettles Method •Exposes the myths and misnomers of sex selection •Tells how to find a fertility specialist who can help you •Includes vital information on preventing genetic disorders using PGD

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309268042

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Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records by Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations Pdf

Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records: Workshop Summary reviews the statement of task set to the committee which required them to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data in electronic health records. This report summarizes the invited presentations and facilitated discussions about current practices around sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, the challenges in collecting these data, and ways in which these challenges can be overcome. Areas of focus for the workshop include the clinical rationale behind collecting these data, standardized questions that can be used to collect these data, mechanisms for supporting providers and patients in the collection of these data, technical specifications involved in creating standards for sexual orientation and gender identity data collection and exchange, and policy considerations related to the health information technology (HIT) Meaningful Use process being overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services. This report summarizes the workshop agenda, select invited speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Invited participants will include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health care consumer advocates, providers with experience working with LGBT populations, HIT vendors and other HIT specialists, health care administrators, and policy makers.

Author : Robie H. Harris
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536222609

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It's So Amazing! by Robie H. Harris Pdf

From the trusted team of Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, a classic resource for younger children receives its most ambitiously updated edition yet. How does a baby begin and how is it born? How did I begin? Why are some parts of kids’ bodies different from some parts of other kids’ bodies? Most younger kids have questions about reproduction, babies, love, sex, and gender, too. Some also have concerns. For over twenty years, It’s So Amazing! has provided children age seven and up with the honest answers they’re looking for through age-appropriate, reassuring words and accurate, up-to-date, inclusive art. Throughout the book, two cartoon characters, Bird and Bee, are the voices of kids. They talk together to help children feel that they are not the only ones wondering how we all began. Rigorously vetted by experts and featuring updated and new facts on pregnancy, birth, adoption, bodies, sexuality, gender identity, OK touches, not OK touches, straight and LGBTQ+ families and people, and many other topics, this comprehensive resource for kids, parents, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and healthcare providers is the book that can help younger kids and their families talk together and find answers to their many questions.

Author : Sheila Kitzinger
Publisher : Pinter & Martin Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Childbirth
ISBN : 1780660502

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Birth and Sex by Sheila Kitzinger Pdf

Sex and birth are often talked about as contrasting experiences. In fact, when birth is physiological, not medical or surgical, and a woman is free to be spontaneous, endorphins surge into her blood stream in the same way as during sexual excitement. Sheila Kitzinger discusses the sexuality of birth.

Author : Leonid Poretsky,Wylie C. Hembree
Publisher : Springer
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030056834

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Transgender Medicine by Leonid Poretsky,Wylie C. Hembree Pdf

Although transgender persons have been present in various societies throughout human history, it is only during the last several years that they have become widely acknowledged in our society and their right to quality medical care has been established. In the United States, endocrinologists have been providing hormonal therapy for transgender individuals for decades; however, until recently, there has been only limited literature on this subject, and non-endocrine aspects of medical care for transgender individual have not been well addressed in the endocrine literature. The goal of this volume is not only to address the latest in hormonal therapy for transgender individuals (including pediatric and geriatric age groups), but also to familiarize the reader with other aspects of transgender care, including primary and surgical care, fertility preservation, and the management of HIV infection. In addition to medical issues, psychological, social, ethical and legal issues pertinent to transgender individuals add to the complexities of successful treatment of these patients. A final chapter includes extensive additional resources for both transgender patients and providers. Thus, an endocrinologist providing care to a transgender person will be able to use this single resource to address most of the patient’s needs. While Transgender Medicine is intended primarily for endocrinologists, this book will be also useful to primary care physicians, surgeons providing gender-confirming procedures, mental health professionals participating in the care of transgender persons, and medical residents and students.

Author : Jenny Kleeman
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509894895

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Sex Robots & Vegan Meat by Jenny Kleeman Pdf

‘Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood’ – New Statesman ‘A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech world’ – The Times ‘A moreish page-turner of a book’ – Herald Imagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat without killing animals, have babies without the need to bear them, and choose the time of our painless death. Life would be better, right? All over the globe, people are trying to make this a reality. They want to use technology to solve the thorniest problems of humanity. But what if these ‘problems’ are the very things that make us human? Join Jenny Kleeman on an entertaining, thought-provoking adventure to a place where sex robots and vegan meat are no longer science fiction – right here, right now.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : United States
ISBN : UIUC:30112002972526

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Birth Statistics for the Birth Registration Area of the United States by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf