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Feminist Women’S Health Movement Practices, Mindfulness, Sexual Body Esteem, And Genital Satisfaction, Amanda N. Carter
Feminist Women’S Health Movement Practices, Mindfulness, Sexual Body Esteem, And Genital Satisfaction, Amanda N. Carter
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There is a significant issue in society today regarding the lack of knowledge about and positive regard attributed to women’s bodies, but more specifically female genitalia. This is detrimental to women in that it causes us to see ourselves in a negative light, or to overly sexualize certain aspects of ourselves, which may lead to severe psychological damage (American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, 2010). The 1970’s Women’s Health Movement presented a way for women to get to know their own bodies in a way that was private from society in order to make their own …