Our Bodies, Ourselves (206 page)

HPV vaccines and,
616
,
618

HT and,
535
,
538
,
539
,
541

informed consent and,
670

Mirena IUD and,
241

pregnancy and,
392

research studies and,
667
,
668

testosterone and,
184

website of,
660
–61,
670

food chain,
729
,
735
,
739

Food Fight
(documentary),
528

forceps,
400
,
417
,
422

formaldehyde,
49
,
51
–52

formula, baby,
302
–3,
436
,
446
–47,
730

choosing of,
447

fornix,
9
,
11

Fosamax,
531
,
532
,
559

Fosamax Plus D,
532

foster care,
314
,
501

Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making,
665

Fourteenth Amendment,
340

Fowler, Jane,
565

Fowles, Stacy May,
175

Fox,
62
,
64

Frack, Lisa,
741

fractures,
528
,
529
,
531
,
532
,
536
,
543
,
558
,
596

fragile X syndrome,
488
,
524

fragrances, dangers of,
50
–52

France,
539
,
627
,
782

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE; 1994),
341

Freedom of Information Act,
687

Freeman-Sheldon syndrome,
61

Free the Slaves,
792

Free University Medical Center,
80

Friedman, Jaclyn,
163

Friedman curve,
406

friends, friendship,
156
,
161
,
174
,
393
,
576
,
683

as caregivers,
574

coming out to,
89
–91

healing from sexual abuse and,
136

intergenerational,
70

old age and,
551
–52,
554
,
567
–68

postpartum support from,
453

postpartum visits from,
433

pregnancy loss and,
462
,
466

violence and,
693
,
701
,
705
,
706
,
709
,
711
,
720

FSD,
see
female sexual dysfunction

“Full of Ourselves” (Steiner-Adair and Sjostrom),
67

fundus,
11

gabapentin,
515

Gabb, Sally,
573
–74

Gantrisin,
642

Gardasil,
277
,
616
,
617
,
766
.794

gastric bypass surgery,
227
,
233

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Access Project,
80

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network,
90

gays/homosexuals,
76
,
84

older,
552
,
558

gender, gender identity,
72
–85,
684

coming out and,
88
–91

common understanding of,
73

countering homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia and,
94
–96

defined,
74

glossary of,
74
–75

interracial marriage and,
125

multiple identities and,
91
–92

relationships and,
115

right to choose,
78

sexual orientation confused with,
84
–85

sources of,
73

transsexual experience and,
76
–77,
79

gender dysphoria,
77
,
83

gender expression,
74

gender identity disorder (GID),
77

gender noncomforming,
74

Gender.org,
82

genderqueer,
74
–75

General Electric,
742

Generations United,
580

genetic carrier test,
382

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA),
802

genetics, genes,
488
,
648
,
764
,
801
–7

breast cancer and,
593
,
594
,
596
–97,
599
,
621

patenting of,
805

genital herpes,
88
,
186
,
212
,
276
,
294
–98,
304

living with,
297

genital warts,
216
,
277
,
288
,
298
–300,
616

treatment for,
300

genome, human,
802

Genomic Research and Accessibility Act (H.R. 977),
805

gentian violet,
638

George, Asha,
777

Georgetown University,
677

Georgia,
813
–15,
814

geriatricians,
566

Germany,
184
,
627
,
763

gestational carriers,
494
–96

gestational sac,
327

“Get Noticed! How to Publicize Your Book or Film” (Angel, Dineen, Johnson),
813

Gets Better Project,
90

Getting Off
(Jensen),
60

GHB (rape drug),
704

Gibbs, Lois,
754
,
755

Gilliam, Melissa,
764

GimpGirl Community,
190

ginger,
25
,
624

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
344

ginseng,
533

girlshealth.gov,
664

Glamour
,
62

GlaxoSmithKline,
794

GLBT Youth Talkline,
90

Glee
(TV show),
54

global activism,
822
–23

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI),
795

global economy,
780

Global Fund for Women,
822

global gag rule,
774
,
776
,
785

global health,
777
,
779
–807

biopolitics, women's health, and social justice and,
801
–7

economics and education and,
777
,
779
–80

maternal health and well-being and,
780
–88

selected medical concerns and,
794
–801

violence against women and,
788
–94

Global Health Initiative,
787

gloves, latex,
186
,
264
,
265

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase,
642

Go Ask Alice!,
275

gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist,
484
,
626

gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist,
484

Gonal-F,
484

gonorrhea,
258
,
276
,
282
,
289
,
291
–92,
622
,
789

condoms and,
212
,
266

curing of,
278

in teens,
207
,
280

tests for,
285
,
291
,
378

treatment of,
285

Gonzales v. Carhart
,
344

GoodGuide.com,
752

Good Vibrations,
157
,
179

Gooren, Louis,
80
–81

Gordon-Loebl, Ana,
77

Gräfenberg, Ernst,
159

Gräfenberg spot (G-spot),
8
,
154
,
159
,
172

grandparents,
551
,
565
,
577
,
580

Gray Panthers,
581

Great Britain,
486
,
532

Greece,
763

grief,
428
,
500
,
553
–54,
566
,
634
,
698

pregnancy loss and,
462
,
464
,
472

Grossi, Beth,
573
–74

group B streptococcus (GBS),
380
,
381

Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes et les Lois au Sénégal (GREFELS),
48

group homes,
96

group medical appointments,
658

growing up,
141

guaifenesin cough medicine,
29

Guatemala,
788

Guide to Spiritual and Emotional Resolution After Abortion, A (guidebook),
335

guilt,
159
,
456
,
459
,
460
,
698

body fat and,
67

Guttmacher Institute,
323
,
680
,
769
–70

gynecological exam,
35
–43

age for,
33

arriving for,
36
–37

bimanual exam in,
39
–40,
39

defined,
35

disabilities and chronic illness and,
42

during,
37
–43

infertility and,
482

medical history and,
37
,
38
,
41

old age and,
557

pelvic exam in,
37
–42,
39

preparing for,
35
–36

rectovaginal exam in,
41

sexual abuse and,
41
–42

specific concerns and,
41

time crunch in,
658

weight concerns and,
42
–43

gynecologists,
185
,
190
,
481
,
519
,
545
,
625
,
634

hair,
17
,
66
,
185
,
612

facial,
83
,
185
,
632
,
648
,
649

of lesbians,
51

long,
49
,
60

loss of,
236
,
605
,
648

natural,
49
,
49

pubic,
see
pubic

hair removal of,
31
,
54

straightening of,
47
,
49

hair-removal creams,
31

Hale, Thomas,
442
,
458

Half the Sky Movement,
822

Hamilton, Alice,
753

Hamilton, Filippa,
59

hand creams,
213
,
268

Harding, Kate,
68

Hardy Girls Healthy Women,
818

Harris v. McRae
,
344

Harvard Medical School,
669

Harvard Medical School Special Health Report,
562

Harvard Women's Health Watch,
559

Hatcher, Paris,
814

Having Faith
(film),
754

Having Faith
(Steingraber),
741

Hawaii, abortion in,
340

Hawaiians, Native,
301

Haynes, Shirley,
550

hCG,
see
human chorionic gonadotropin

headaches,
304
,
456
,
484
,
524
,
539

birth control and,
227
,
228
,
234
,
236
,
238
,
253

migraine,
227
,
510

spinal,
417

health:

aging and,
554
–60

birth control and,
210

body image and,
65
–69,
448

breastfeeding and,
436
–37

documenting of,
753

fertility and,
479

infertility treatments and,
496
–98

of lesbian and bisexual women,
87
–88

menstrual cycles and revelations about,
21

of new mothers,
436
–37,
447
–50

preventive measures and,
555
–56

sexual and reproductive,
30
–43

tests during pregnancy and,
380

tracking of,
655
–56

transsexuals and,
77
,
80
–83

“Health, United States” (federal government report),
761

health, weight vs.,
65
,
67
–69

Health and Human Services Department, U.S.,
34
,
284
,
558
,
581
,
765
–66

abortion and,
774
,
775

Health at Every Size,
68
–69

health care, health care system,
651
–87,
767
–70

accessing,
671
–78

advocacy and,
582

aging and, guidelines for sexual and reproductive,
557
–60

aging and, navigating,
566
–68

bias against substance abusers in,
681