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...classes at the YWCA were conducted much as the book is put together. Medical information was discussed only within the context of personal experience. "We checked everything the experts said against what we felt," Sanford, now a student at the Divinity School, says. Now that the women's movement has gotten going, maybe that isn't so striking. Back then, though, our method of teaching was really striking...
...results of their emphasis on personal input is that the group has had to maintain a delicate balance during its seven years, keeping its identity somewhere between a consciousness-raising group and an organization dedicated to gathering and disseminating material on women's health care. About the time Sanford joined the group, the women decided to publish the information around which the course was based, so that other women could share what they had discovered. But "it's terribly hard to maintain" the balance, Joan S. Ditzion, another member of the group, says. "Particularly now that our lives have gotten...
...attend their meetings, they tried hard to arrange a time when I could meet with at least two of them together. They were unable to do it, because they are all working on publicity for the new edition of Our Bodies, and have very little time to spare. But Sanford says that despite their busy professional lives, the group makes a concentrated effort to retain the group's cohesiveness. The collective meets weekly, she says, and the women take pains to give each member an evening where they are the center of attention. sometimes, she says, this attention takes...
...primary focus of the Bodies, Ourselves group remains Our Bodies, Ourselves. "There are times when if I'm feeling lousy and like nothing's going on in my life, I remember the book, and how much it means to people," Sanford says. "Like when we get letters from someone in the hills in Kentucky, saying 'I've never been able to talk to anyone about these things, and your book really meant a lot to me and here's an experience...
...does not make any far-reaching political statement, but the women who wrote it seem at ease with that aspect of their work. "I really feel feminism is at the root of any radical change, because it gets right into the home, into the basic power relationships in society," Sanford says. "We're not just talking about women, but about both men and women." Issues like who takes care of the children and who does the dishes are now called into question. But she says sadly she doesn't see much change in the basic health care provided women...