Submitted July 13, 2007, 8:43 PM
Were you completely satisfied with the book, or did you disagree with any of the content? If so, in what area(s)?
Awed by the whole phenomenon.
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Did you find that there were any important topics left unaddressed?
Don't remember, to be honest.
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Did it affect the way that you understood your own body or your health?
Yes -- the feminist approach was empowering and clarifying.
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How did the book\'s information contribute to or contrast with what you had learned in school about women\'s health and sexuality?
It was more informative and matter of fact and, of course, written from a progressive woman's point of view.
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Did you give or recommend the book to anyone else? If so, who and why?
Gave a copy of the current version to my 22 year old when she was a teenager.
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Did you ever contact the authors with additional comments or questions?
Have you read any other BWHBC publication? (including Ourselves and Our Children (1978), Changing Bodies, Changing Lives (1998), Ourselves, Growing Older (1987), Sacrificing Ourselves for Love (1996). Do you have any comments about these books?
Did you ever seek medical treatment or advice from a feminist health clinic? If so, did your decision to do so have anything to do with reading Our Bodies, Ourselves?
Were you ever actively involved in the womenís health movement? If so, in what capacity?
How did you get to this webpage? How did you find out about this study?
What had the biggest impact?
Its frankness and completeness.
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Did it influence your choice of doctor or your relationship with your doctor?
Yes. Active consumer vs passive recipient.
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Did you use the book as a resource to learn about particular issues of healthcare or sexuality? If so, in what areas?
Reproductive issues in a real-life context.
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What, if anything, surprised you about the book? (such as graphic photos, or particular themes such as masturbation or lesbianism)
Its frankness and completeness.
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How old were you at the time?
Who brought the book to your attention?
I was in college in Boston and it was the height of the women's movement. Of course I knew about it!
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What year did you first read Our Bodies, Ourselves?
Which edition did you read? [Women and Their Bodies, newsprint edition published by New England Free Press (1970); Our Bodies, Ourselves (1973, 1976); The New Our Bodies, Ourselves (1984, 1992); Our Bodies Ourselves for the New Century (1998); or a foreign translation or adaptation?]
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