Women, Biology, and Public Policy

Introduction - Virginia Sapiro PART ONE: THEMES AND THEORIES Biology and Women's Policy - Ruth Bleier A View from the Biological Sciences Biology and Women's Policy - Virginia Sapiro A View from the Social Sciences PART TWO: BIOSOCIAL POLICY QUESTIONS THROUGH THE LIFE COURSE Male and Female Hormones - Marianne H Whatley Misinterpretations of Biology in School Health and Sex Education Fetal Personhood and Women's Policy - Janet Gallagher Childbirth Management and Medical Monopoly - Barbara Katz Rothman Occupational Safety and Health as a Women's Policy Issue - Graham K Wilson and Virginia Sapiro Older Women - Laura Katz Olson Longevity, Dependency, and Public Policy PART THREE: DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY AND THE COMMON DEFENSE The Politics of a Biosocial Approach to Crime - Susette M Talarico Women's Biology and the US Military - Judith Hicks Stiehm Women as 'At Risk' Reproducers - Jane S Jaquette and Kathleen A Staudt Biology, Science, and Population in US Foreign Policy