Title: Sacrificing our selves for love : why women compromise health and self-esteem-- and how to stop /
Authors: Hyman, Jane Wegscheider.; Rome, Esther R.; Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Publisher: Crossing Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Women's Health; Women United States Psychology.; Women Health and hygiene United States.; Women Abuse of United States Prevention; Self-esteem in women United States.; Self-help techniques United States; Self Concept; Women psychology; United States
Contents: I. Trying to look different. Self-starvation -- Help for women with eating disorders -- Changing our bodies through surgery -- Caveat emptor : shopping for a cosmetic surgeon -- Inflating our image : breast implants -- Accepting ourselves. II. Living in abusive relationships. Intimate abuse -- About rape -- Saving ourselves. III. Dying for love. The costs of physical love -- Choosing ourselves.