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...Berman argued that women are limited in their leadership potential by physiological and psychological factors, especially during the menstrual cycle and menopause. "Suppose," he speculated, "that we had a menopausal woman President who had to make the decision of the Bay of Pigs or the Russian contretemps with Cuba at the time?" She might be "subject to the curious mental aberrations of that age group...
...turned in her fury to Humphrey, who, she assumed, had appointed Berman to the committee (actually, it was Fred Harris, former Democratic National Committee chairman). Demanding Herman's ouster, she called him a "bigot," guilty of "the basest sort of prejudice against women . . . His use of the menstrual cycle and menopause to ridicule women and to caricature all women as neurotic and emotionally unbalanced was as indefensible and astonishing as those who still believe, let alone dare state, that the Negro is physiologically inferior." Betty (The Feminine Mystique) Friedan, former president of the National Organization for Women, labeled...
...days-on, seven-days-off schedule of other forms of the Pill. Like the other versions-and, in fact, like all other potent medications-chlormadinone has its drawbacks. The failure rate, judged by unwanted pregnancies, is slightly higher than with other pills, and some women complain of irregular menstrual bleeding...
...class of chemicals, 16 of which have now been isolated, that were originally believed to be secreted in the prostate gland. The first were found in human semen, which is still the richest source known. Now prostaglandins are known to occur in many other human tissues and in menstrual fluid. They are also found in the semen of sheep, and it was from the seminal vesicles of rams that medical researchers obtained their early supplies. Synthetic PGs are now becoming more available...
...somewhat more prevalent among women who have their first pregnancy early. Frequency of sexual intercourse with a single partner does not seem to be related to the disease. A factor unrelated to social class is a woman's medical history; if she reports frequent spotting, inter-menstrual bleeding or discharge, she runs a 3½ times greater-than-average risk of developing uterine cancer...