Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Feminist Economics, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Wage Labour

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Capitalist economic systems foster social inequalities and health inequalities. Capitalist systems produce distinct social classes: constant struggle (e. g. life under mike) Social relations of production: did(cid:374)"t take ge(cid:374)der i(cid:374)to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t. Health inequities rooted in social inequities or social relations of production. Social inequities produced by: economic inequities, political influences, historical influences colonization, systematically oppressed, gender inequities and discrimination sexism, how power is unequally distributed along lines of gender. Intersectional analyses look at multiple axes of power and oppression (e. g. class, gender, race) and how they influence one another to create particular experiences of health, suffering and health care. Poverty clusters in certain types of groups. Gender is a determinant of health gender intersects with other social determinants of health (e. g. class, income, race) Sexism intersects other axes of oppression (e. g. racism, ableism, heterosexism) Draws attention to gender discrimination (e. g. gender wage gap) Links personal situations and experiences (e. g. of health) to political processes (e. g.