What are 3 major womens health issues that have changed in your lifetime and how?
Posted by Dolores
GtrGirl asked:
Since the 1960s, many women’s health issues have changed in the U.S. What are 3 and how have the effected you directly?
LILLY
Since the 1960s, many women’s health issues have changed in the U.S. What are 3 and how have the effected you directly?
LILLY
September 27th, 2008 at 2:18 am
1 depression
2 lack of self esteem
3 lack of confidence
they affect my performance of life….there’s no cur for me because the cause of it is academics..poor grades…change everything for me
i speak to a counsellor for coping strategies coz i was out of school for 8 months
September 30th, 2008 at 4:50 am
My period, my breast, and my first time being pregnant.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 am
Availability of diagnosis and treatment of ****** cancer and heart disease, as well as more information about perimenopause and menopause.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Well, I haven’t been around since the 1960’s, but one thing that has changed a lot just in the time I’ve been alive is contraception. We have a lot more options now than women did even a couple decades ago, and the pill has gotten much safer. The first pills had a huge amount of hormones in them and they had a lot of bad side effects. They were also very expensive. Now they have much fewer hormones in them so the side effects are nowhere near as bad as they would have been with the old pills, and they’re very affordable–I pay $12/month for mine. Plus we have all kinds of other contraception options too–the ring, the shot, the implant, the patch, and all the barrier methods. Hormonal methods that we have today are much more effective than methods they had in the 1960’s.
October 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
How to cure or deal with ****** cancer, menopause, and stress from their husbands
October 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
If one thinks of health HOLISTICALLY, then they know it includes more than just medical health. Here’s some issues that come to mind in US, however. The ones listed that seem positive, however, have all contributed to both negative and positive outcomes,and some of these things have plagued humans for milllennia….
GYNECOLOGICAL
infertility increased signifcantly
STDs very prevalent
breast cancer very common
more drug addicted babies born
greater access to contraceptives and abortion
less women of childbearing years with medical insurance
MISUSE OF POWER AGAINST WOMEN
sexual abuse, incest, molestation
rape (spousal,date,stranger)
domestic violence, partner abuse
MENTAL HEALTH
depression, suicide
exhaustion, overwork, lack of social support
addiction, other self destructive behavior
SOCIAL
single moms, head of household increased
divorced or abandoned wives increased
number of homeless women (professionals & non-professionals)
crime rate in women escalating
women in prison skyrocketing
abuse and neglect of unwanted children increasing
childcare crisis, esp for those in poverty
ECONOMIC
women still do not get equal pay for equal work
women with same higher degrees as men may not get equal pay
women still own less than 10% of earth’s land
“domestic chores” still known as “woman’s work” and are still disrespected and devalued
elderly single women increasingly destitute-misplaced socially
females still represent barely 10% of elected officials
SPIRITUALLY
women’s spirituality still downplayed and devalued
women priests or priestesses still rare globally
Some of these have affected me, but most of them I see on a daily basis with the people I work with or live near.