Absolutely Safe Featured Organization – Our Bodies Ourselves
in Women’s Health Advocacy
Alive Mind Woman and Absolutely Safe is proud to support Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), a pioneer organization in women’s health and sexuality founded in 1970 that published the first widely distributed informational book about women’s health, Our Bodies, Ourselves, that is now considered a “feminist classic.” Since then, the book (now in its 12th Edition) has been translated into over 20 languages and distributed (often times for free) to thousands of women across the globe.
For a limited-time only, your purchase of Absolutely Safe supports OBOS and their mission. Click on the Buy Now button below and $3 from your purchase will automatically be donated to this important organization as part of the Alive Mind Affiliate program.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES
Our Bodies Ourselves(OBOS) is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. Beginning in 1970 with the publication of the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, OBOS has inspired the women’s health movement by:
- Producing books that make accurate health and medical information accessible to a broad audience by weaving women’s stories into a framework of practical, clearly written text;
- Identifying and collaborating with exemplary individuals and organizations that provide services, generate research and policy analysis, and organize for social change;
- Inspiring and empowering women to become engaged in the political aspects of sustaining good health for themselves and their communities.
OBOS introduced these key ideas into the public discourse on women’s health:
- That women, as informed health consumers, are catalysts for social change;
- That women can become their own health experts, particularly through discussing issues of health and sexuality with each other;
- That health consumers have a right to know about controversies surrounding medical practices and about where consensus among medical experts may be forming;
- That women comprise the largest segment of health workers, health consumers, and health decision-makers for their families and communities, but are underrepresented in positions of influence and policy making;
- That a pathology/disease approach to normal life events (birthing, menopause, aging, death) is not an effective way in which to consider health or structure a health system.
For more information visit Our Bodies Ourselves or download this PDF brochure to learn more.
ABSOLUTELY SAFE
Last year nearly 400,000 women in the United States got breast implants. At a time when more women than ever are making this choice, fewer voices than ever seem to be asking “Why?” And fewer still are asking “Are they safe?” Absolutely Safe takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Ultimately, Absolutely Safe is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of health, money, science, and beauty.
| Absolutely Safe | Price: | $24.98 | Item #: | ALV-DV-17 | Availability: | Worldwide | Running Time: | 83 minutes | Technical Aspects: | 4:3, NTSC Region 0 | Language: | English |
