In the course of doing research for this book, I have spoken with hundreds of thoughtful, eloquent, and generous people, many of them scientists and doctors who qualify as authorities, others who are simply authorities on the subject of their own bodies. I can't possibly cite by name everyone who should be thanked, but I want to express here my appreciation to all who took the time to talk with me, and speculate wildly with me, about why women's bodies are the way they are.
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I am particularly beholden to the following researchers: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Patricia Adair Gowaty, Barbara Smuts, Nancy Burley, Kristen Hawkes, Kim Wallen, Sue Carter, Kerstin Uvnas-Möberg, Susan Love, Wenda Trevathan, Kaj Björkqvist, Frans de Waal, Ellen Laan, Sharon Hillier, Maria Bustillo, Jerrold Meinwald, Thomas Eisner, Benita and John Katzenellenbogen, Thomas Insel, Roger Gorski, Florence Haseltine, Martha McClintock, Geert de Vries, Dominique Toran-Allerand, Margie Profet, Londa Schiebinger, Barney Schlinger, Miriam Nelson, Ronenn Roubenoff, Pentii Siiteri, Nicolette Horbach, Jay Schulkin, Michael Toaff, Diane Witt, Luis Figuera, and Virginia Valian.
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I am also deeply indebted to the following individuals, who shared their personal histories and in some cases allowed me to observe medical procedures of an admittedly intimate nature: Hope Phillips, Beth Derochea, Antonia Alba, Sandra Gandsman, Jane Carden, Cheryl Chase, Martha Coventry, and the members of the Intersex Society of North America.
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My heartfelt thanks to the editors at Houghton Mifflin for mingling compassion, precision, and patience with the occasional act of lifesaving
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