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Alice Domar, director of the Mind/Body Centre for Women's
Health in Boston, believes that women today are lacking
something very important. ___1___
they seem to have everything, from loving families and ___2___
careers, to the freedom to do what they want, ___3___
they seem to have little time for something that has ___4___
women through the ages -- the companionship of other women.
Alice Domar ___5___ that
female friendships are vital to the ___6___
and physical health of women. Without this female ___7___
, women are more susceptible to many ills, from colds to cancer.
About 50 years ___8___
women were at home most of the time during the day and were
therefore in close ___9___
with other women. However, as the years went ___10___
more and more women entered the world of ___11___
and gradually they began to lose the feminine ___12___
and the emotional support that came with ___13___.
Although it is encouraging to note that women ___14___
to their husbands or boyfriends for companionship, she says ___15___
this is not enough. "Women process things by talking about them
whereas most men do not do this," said Domar. |
