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(Gender and Psychology.) Edited by Corinne Squire. 196 pp. Newbury Park, Calif., Sage, 1993. $55 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8039-8587-8 (cloth)

It has never been easy being female on this planet. An editorial in the The New York Times (Feb. 14, 1994), inspired by the most recent human-rights report by the State Department on the condition of women worldwide, reminds us that "no one social, religious, or ethnic group has known discrimination as constantly throughout recorded history." To that historical burden add the increasing effect of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on women. AIDS is now the leading cause of death among women between the ages of 25 and 44 years in many of our largest cities and is the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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