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Desperate housewives and suburban neurosis

Discover how a pioneering health centre replaced housewives’ supposedly empty home lives with a social space that encouraged healthy child rearing.

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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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Menstruation, magic and moon myths

Why do stories cloaking periods in magic and mystery persist? Pragya Agarwal argues against myth-making and for inclusive menstrual education, grounded in fact.

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  • A woman pointing to an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD): family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, ca. 2000.
  • Contraceptive methods and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / World Health Organization Special Programme on AIDS and Special Programme of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction.
  • Update : December 1986 : special AIDS issue / Family Planning Sales Limited.
  • Update : December 1986 : special AIDS issue / Family Planning Sales Limited.
  • Update : December 1986 : special AIDS issue / Family Planning Sales Limited.
  • Update : December 1986 : special AIDS issue / Family Planning Sales Limited.
  • Software for your hardware : nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service.
  • Jo's party tonight, what shall I wear? : He'll be there, must look good, watch the drink, could be the night, better be ready, better be safe : take a condom just in case / Health Education Authority.
  • Limited entry, correct dress only : Nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • Don't be silly cover that willy : nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
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