Introduction: politics of biology, the essence of control -- 1600s-early 1900s: Women and the hierarchy of gender -- Biology, sex, and the obligation of motherhood -- Working women and the issue of "protection" -- Twentieth century developments: Nation goes to war and "Rosie" is born -- Birth control debate begins -- 1960s and an era of change -- Law of pregnancy in the workplace -- Guerrilla tactics and reproductive rights today -- Woman's worth: less is still less -- Reproductive rights of "new medicine" -- Sex and "seduction" in the time of AIDS -- Politics of female adolescence: Pop life and the legal confusion of girls -- Violence and women: woman's place is in the hospital -- Current issues in rape and sexual assault law -- The private story of private abuse -- Epilogue.
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