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title: "Our Bodies, Ourselves: 50 Years Later, Progress and Setbacks"
date: 2023-12-04T18:00:00-05:00
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Our Bodies, Ourselves: 50 Years Later, Progress and Setbacks

By Marilyn Schairer • WGBH • March 27, 2017

> Women were reacting to the sexism, the paternalism, and the condescension that was interfering with getting good health care and information.

  
Listen to the story: [Our Bodies, Ourselves: 50 Years Later, Progress and Setbacks](http://news.wgbh.org/2017/03/27/news/our-bodies-ourselves-50-years-later-progress-and-setbacks)[Read the full article ](http://news.wgbh.org/2017/03/27/news/our-bodies-ourselves-50-years-later-progress-and-setbacks)

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