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    Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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    Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    By Adina Nack

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    How do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV (human papilloma virus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? Adina Nack, a medical sociologist who specializes in sexual health and social psychology, conducted in-depth interviews with 43 women about their identities and sexuality in regards to chronic illness. The result is a fascinating book about an issue that affects over 15 million Americans, but is all too little discussed.

    Damaged Goods adds to our knowledge of how women are affected by living with chronic STDs and reveals the stages of their sexual- self transformation. From the anxiety of being diagnosed with an STD to issues of blame and shame, Nack-herself diagnosed with a cervical HPV infection-shows why these women feeling that they are "damaged goods," question future relationships, marriage, and their ability to have healthy children.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTemple University Press
    Release dateAug 21, 2009
    ISBN9781592137091
    Damaged Goods?: Women Living With Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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