Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Story highlights Author Naomi Wolf says recent controversies reveal biased views toward women's bodies The Pussy Riot trial and Arab Spring protests showed women stripped of autonomy Women's bodies are battlegrounds used to wage culture wars, Wolf says It's scandalous when women take ownership of their own bodies, Wolf contends. It seems as if we are in a time of unprecedented struggle over the meaning of women's bodies and sexuality. Controversy is swirling about an American University professor who breast-fed a baby in class ; topless photos of Kate Middleton have been released ; and a Time magazine cover showing a mother breast-feeding her toddler sparked even more tittering in May.
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Girls' bodies Q&A - NHS
The time of puberty brings lots of changes. Your body physically changes to be the way it is when you become an adult. You will probably gain weight, just as you have been since you were a baby. This is perfectly normal.
When Maya Bernstein, 18, first became sexually active in high school, she was nervous. How would she know what to do? Especially, it seems, how things should look. The numbers shot up so quickly that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG issued new guidelines this month for doctors who perform labial and breast surgery.
Back to Sexual health. Here are answers to some of the questions girls ask about their bodies. You'll probably start to notice changes from age 10 upwards, but there's no right or wrong time to start.