Eve on Top

Editorial conventions and confidentiality

We have tried for the most part to let the women speak for themselves in this study. The interviews were transcribed from recordings made and where possible the transcripts were checked back with the interviewees before the material was used in the writing of the book. We have added punctuation to the material from the interviews, but have tried to ensure that this reflects rather than alters the meaning of what was said. Words in the main text that appear in single inverted comments normally refer to statements made by the interviewees, unless the text so delineated is a quotation from other literature. Longer quotations from the interviews are always indented, again with speaker identification, but ...