Men, women and sex -- The architecture of the body -- Traditional births: women take charge -- A typical birth then -- Pain and death in childbirth -- Infection after delivery -- The rise of the birth experience -- Abortion -- Did women live longer than men? If not, why not? -- Diseases of sexual significance -- Changing alliances and the end of victimization.
Note
Originally published: A history of women's bodies. New York : Basic Books, c1982.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-385) and index.