HSCI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nineteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Mammography
Document Summary
Getting rid of the corset was one of the first changes in the women"s health movement. Equal rights amendment presently still yet to be passed. Talking about birth control was still illegal, clinics were rare. Most were sad to return home, wanted to continue working. Revealed that women like to have sex, too, not just for reproductive purposes. Women in workforce, fired after war ended. Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Medicaid coverage pap smears, mammography, etc. More present in government, health-care institutions, advocacy organizations, academia. 50,000 more women die per year than men. Women are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from depression than men. 3 out of 4 sufferers are women. Higher bac with same amount of alcohol as men. Has more negative affect on women"s cardiovascular system than on men"s. Women are 2 times more likely to contract stis than men are. Women wake up faster from anesthesia than men do.
