The Female Body & Body Issues
Women struggle quietly to be authentic and accepted for who we are. We're told to just be ourselves; but at the same time, external pressures to conform to female stereotypes make many of us feel inadequate and inauthentic. The fallout of this conflict touches upon body issues, sex and intimacy, aging, mid-life crisis, eating disorders, and depression.
What is a prophylactic mastectomy?
What is a prophylactic mastectomy? Definition of prophylactic mastectomy
What is a prophylactic mastectomy? Definition of prophylactic mastectomy
"I Chose a Prophylactic Double Mastectomy...and I Didn't Have Breast Cancer"
Choosing a prophylactic double mastectomy made perfect sense to a woman whose mother died of breast cancer and whose sister is a BC survivor.
Choosing a prophylactic double mastectomy made perfect sense to a woman whose mother died of breast cancer and whose sister is a BC survivor.
BBC America Documentaries Looks at Body Image
Girls, teens and women confront body image issues every day. With the U.S. premiere of five separate documentaries, BBC America explores Hollywood-style extreme weight loss, teenage obesity, breast enlargement, breast reduction, and gender identification through the eyes of a teen dealing with transsexuality.
Girls, teens and women confront body image issues every day. With the U.S. premiere of five separate documentaries, BBC America explores Hollywood-style extreme weight loss, teenage obesity, breast enlargement, breast reduction, and gender identification through the eyes of a teen dealing with transsexuality.
V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues"
Playwright Eve Ensler took her successful and deeply moving play The Vagina Monologues and turned it into an international movement to stop violence against women and girls called V-Day, observed globally on Valentine's Day.
Playwright Eve Ensler took her successful and deeply moving play The Vagina Monologues and turned it into an international movement to stop violence against women and girls called V-Day, observed globally on Valentine's Day.
Impact of Viagra on Women's Sexuality
It takes two to tango, and though it's a drug intended for men, the impact of Viagra on women's sex lives has been enormous. Viagra and women's sexuality is the focus of an interview with Meika Loe, author of "The Rise of Viagra."
It takes two to tango, and though it's a drug intended for men, the impact of Viagra on women's sex lives has been enormous. Viagra and women's sexuality is the focus of an interview with Meika Loe, author of "The Rise of Viagra."
Depression & Eating Disorders
Studies of college women indicate a link between eating disorders and the inability to express feelings.
Studies of college women indicate a link between eating disorders and the inability to express feelings.