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Gender

Whitcomb, Dan. "In Online Setting, a Cult of Anorexia Finds Affirmation." Boston Globe, November 21, 2004.

Sims, Calvin. "Justice in Peru: Victim Gets Rapist for a Husband." New York Times, March 12, 1997.

LaFraniere, Sharon. "After Apartheid: Heated Words About Rape and Race." New York Times, November 24, 2004.

"Pakistani Woman Recalls Jury-Ordered Rape." New York Times, July 6, 2002.

Mydans, Seth. "Sentenced to Death, Rape Victim is Freed by Pakistani Court." New York Times, June 8, 2002.

Fisher, Ian. "Account of Punjab Rape Tells of a Brutal Society." New York Times, July 17, 2002.

Mydans, Seth. "In Pakistan, Rape Victims Are the 'Criminals'." New York Times, May 17, 2002.

Lauerman, Connie. "Ways of Worrying: Brain Studies Show Gender Differences." Chicago Tribune, January 18, 2006.

"China: Vow to Curb Bias Toward Male Children." Briefs, New York Times, January 23, 2007.

Kolata, Gina. "Reversing Trend, Big Drop Is Seen in Breast Cancer." New York Times, December 15, 2006.

Stobbe, Mike. "Number of Caesarean Sections Reaches Record High in the U.S." Boston Globe, November 16, 2005.

Murr, Andrew, Claudia Kalb, Pat Wingert, Mary Hager, and T. Trent Gegax. "A Pill for Impotence?" Newsweek, November 17, 1997.

Bernstein, Nina. "For Subjects in Haiti Study, Free AIDS Care Has a Price." New York Times, June 6, 1999.

French, Howard W. "AIDS Research in Africa: Juggling Risks and Hopes." New York Times, October 9, 1997.

Alvarez, Lizette. "Spreading Scandinavian Genes, Without Viking Boats." New York Times, September 30, 2004.

Springen, Karen, and David Noonan. "Sperm Banks Go Online." Newsweek, April 21, 2003.

Villarosa, Linda. "Once-Invisible Sperm Donors Get to Meet The Family." New York Times, May 21, 2002.

Fisher, Ian. "Bill Would Govern Use of Dead Men’s Sperm." New York Times, March 7, 1998.

Kolata, Gina. "Uncertain Area for Doctors: Saving Sperm of Dead Men." New York Times, May 30, 1997.

Kolata, Gina. "Price of Donor Eggs Soars, Setting Off a Debate on Ethics." New York Times, February 25, 1998.

Lewin, Tamar. "In Genetic Testing for Paternity, Law Often Lags Behind Science." New York Times, March 11, 2001.

Kalb, Claudia. "Brave New Babies." Newsweek, January 26, 2004.

Sachs, Susan. "Clinics' Pitch to Indian Emigres: It's a Boy." New York Times, September 15, 2001.

Eckholm, Erik. "Desire For Sons Drives Use of Prenatal Scans in China." New York Times, June 21, 2002.

Belkin, Lisa. "Getting the Girl." New York Times, July 25, 1999.

Shenon, Philip. "A Chinese Bias Against Girls Creates Surplus of Bachelors." New York Times, August 16, 1994.

Waldman, Amy. "States in India Take New Steps to Limit Births." New York Times, November 7, 2003.

Rohde, David. "India Steps Up Effort to Halt Abortions of Female Fetuses." New York Times, October 26, 2003.

Sims, Calvin. "Using Gifts as Bait, Peru Sterilizes Poor Women." New York Times, February 15, 1998.

Kalb, Claudia. "Mags For the Modern Would-Be Mom." Newsweek, October 4, 2004.

Grady, Denise. "Repeat Caesareans Becoming Harder to Avoid." New York Times, November 29, 2004.

French, Howard W. "As Girls 'Vanish,' Chinese City Battles Tide of Abortions." New York Times, February 17, 2005.

Harmon, Amy. "First Comes the Baby Carriage." New York Times, October 13, 2005.

Grady, Denise. "Girl or Boy? As Fertility Technology Advances, So Does an Ethical Debate." New York Times, February 6, 2007.

Weil, Elizabeth. "What If It's (Sort Of) A Boy And (Sort Of) A Girl?" New York Times, September 24, 2006.

Harris, Gardiner. "Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill." New York Times, November 15, 2005.

Belluck, Pam. "The Right to Be a Father (or Not)." New York Times, November 6, 2005.

Gentleman, Amelia. "India Nurtures Business of Surrogate Motherhood." New York Times, March 10, 2008.

Boxer, Sarah. "Feel Like Screaming? Excellent! You're In Demand." New York Times, November 1, 1997.

Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. "The War Over Abortion Moves to a Smaller Stage." New York Times, October 26, 2003.

Bennett, Jessica. "It's Not Just White Girls." Newsweek, September 15, 2008.

Villarosa, Linda. "AIDS Fears Grow for Black Women." New York Times, April 5, 2004.

Waldman, Amy. "On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger." New York Times, December 6, 2005.

Martin, Douglas. "Doreen Valiente, 77, Dies; Advocated Positive Witchcraft." New York Times, October 3, 1999.

 

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