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Her Story : SCWO's 25th Anniversary: Celebrating Womanhood.

This interesting book is a compilation of recent stories from a regular column called "Science Monitor" in The Straits Times, Singapore's main English daily. They focus on exposing health and beauty fads and fallacies like purported breast enlargement methods, baldness treatment and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tisa, N. G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Looking Back; Growing Up; Of Freedom and Choices
  • Female Babies in a Gendered World; No Mean Feet; Growing Up in a Connected World; A Page from My Diary: Hurt Speaks Up; Thoughts on Boy-Girl Relationships; Battle of the Madonnas
  • Sexual Awareness Among Adolescent Girls; Career Options
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor; Making Choices; The Pursuit of Beauty
  • Emancipation or Entrapment?; Why Would I Want To Get Married (Again)?; The Superwoman Conundrum; Whose Baby Is It Anyway?; Confessions of a Full-Time Mothering Addict
  • Transcending Borders
  • Migrating Gains and Pains From a Woman's PerspectiveJuggling Baby and Work
  • Looking for Sustainable Solutions in Infantcare & Childcare; Are We Done? Women's Issues in Singapore; Building Career & Community; Women in the Workforce; The Glass Ceiling
  • Does it Still Exist?; Nursing-A Woman's Profession; A Life in Education; Secretaries & Administrative Professionals
  • Managing the Challenge of Change; Contribution of Women to Social Service and the Community; In A Man's World; Women In Politics; Living Longer; Financial Concerns of Older Women; Being Single Again
  • Second and Subsequent CareersOlder Women as Economically Contributing Members; Battling Breast Cancer; Looking Death in the Face; Redefining Age; Looking Forward; SCWO 2005; References; Contributors