Our Bodies, Ourselves and Seventies Body CultureMain MenuOutline: Why Body Culture?Timeline of Key Dates in the 1970s: Body Culture and the Political ContextPopular Commercials of the Early 1970sCounterdiscourses: Literary and Philosophical Voices of the SeventiesInterview with Judy Norsigian, Co-Founder, Our Bodies, OurselvesEsalen and the Human Potential MovementInterview with Michael Murphy and Introduction to Esalen1970s Rollerskating in Golden Gate Park, San FranciscoKeeping the tradition alive: Church of 8 Wheels, 554 Fillmore St., San FranciscoWhat did Seventies' body culture set in motion?CritiqueBay Area Spiritual Subgroups in the SeventiesFuture Potential of Body CultureWorks CitedAuthor BioCreative Commons LicenseCathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c8
Our Bodies, Ourselves (1971) as a Milestone for Women
12016-10-09T11:49:15-07:00Cathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c81187115gallery2017-03-07T07:55:13-08:00Cathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c8Our Bodies, Ourselves (1971) was the first publication to give women a space for their own personal narratives abouthealth, sex, childbearing, lesbian culture, marriage, single life, self-care, and many other topics centered around female experience. Now in its ninth edition, the book treats these topics in simple, lay language and from a frank, supportive perspective. The book celebrates women's voices and life stories, and it offers women a way to reclaim their bodies from the medical establishment and from the pressures of objectification: "To be able to see and feel the strength, beauty and potential in women was exhilarating. We began to feel prouder and prouder of ourselves" (19) . . . We've all become more patient, accepting, and realistic. We've learned to respect our individual needs for space and our different natural paces. We understand that we need to nourish both our relationships with one another and ourselves as individuals" (69). And, with encouraging tips about taking advantage of the many ways to be involved in sports and other physical activities, the myth of women's physical inferiority to men was soundly debunked.
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