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title: "Sacrificing Our Selves for Love: Table of Contents"
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[Publications](/publications)# Sacrificing Our Selves for Love: Table of Contents

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*By Jane Wegscheider Hyman and Esther Rome, in cooperation with The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. © Crossing Press: 1996.*

[**Introduction**](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/publications/sacrificing-our-selves-for-love-introduction)

**Part I: Trying to Look Different**

**Chapter 1: Self-Starvation**

*The Power of Slenderness, Low-Calorie Dieting, Anorexia and Bulimia, Fighting Back*

**Chapter 2: Help for Women with Eating Disorders**

*Self-Help, Outside Help*

**Chapter 3: Changing Our Bodies Through Surgery**

*The Pressure to Have Cosmetic Surgery, The Risks Associated with Cosmetic Surgery, Medical Cosmeticians? Competition for Our Bodies*

**Chapter 4: Caveat Emptor: Shopping for a Cosmetic Surgeon**

*Deciphering the Ads, Choosing a Surgeon, Checking on Certification, Choosing a Facility*

**Chapter 5: Inflating Our Image: Breast Implants**

*Beauty and the Beast, The Implants, Known and Suspected Complications, Suspected Long-Term Risks, Why Were We Misled?*

[**Chapter 6: Accepting Ourselves**](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/publications/sacrificing-our-selves-for-love-accepting-ourselves)

*Breaking the Cycle, Challenging the Media, Body Image Exercises*

**Part II: Living in Abusive Relationships**

**Chapter 7: Intimate Abuse**

*Myths that Contribute to Intimate Abuse, Examples of Abuse, The Lasting Effects of Abuse, The Mind of an Abuser, Can Batterers Change?, The Changes We Need, Raising Our Awareness*

**Chapter 8: About Rape**

*Myths and Reality, The Social Underpinnings of Rape, The Mind of a Rapist, The Failure of the Legal System, What to Do if You Are Raped*

**Chapter 9: Saving Ourselves**

*Helping Ourselves, Reaching Out, If You Think You May Be in Danger, If You Need to Go to the Emergency Room, Should You Leave? The Effects o Abuse on Children, Life After Abuse: Women’s Voices, Changing Our Communities*

**Part III: Dying For Love**

[**Chapter 10: The Costs of Physical Love**](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/publications/sacrificing-our-selves-for-love-the-costs-of-physical-love)

*Subservience in the Bedroom, Cervical Cancer, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, HIV and AIDS, The Government’s Educational Efforts, What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, Can We Rely on Our Doctors? The Need for Social Change, Taking Action*

**Chapter 11: Choosing Ourselves**

*Deciding What to Do, Making Safer Sex Part of Your Life, Guidelines for Safer Sex, Detection and Treatment of Sexually Transmissible Diseases*

**Notes**  
**Resources**  
**Index**

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