I'm sorry to say it had very little impact. Having received it in an official capacity, I promptly put it on my bookshelf and all but ignored it for most of my years in college--as I would have ignored a University Bulletin or other student manual. [more]
The physical reality of having all that information compiled in one place. Instead of needing to dig around for answers to lots of separate questions and make the initial connections myself, I was able to take in and work from the collection of other women's experience... [more]
No major impact at the time, since the biology was familiar, and some of the controversial issues still felt far away. [more]
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the openness and honesty - real terms, real women's voices (the way we actually talk to each other about these issues - or wish we did!) [more]
The graphic photos of the woman who died from a botched, back-alley abortion. [more]
instructions on examining myself [more]
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