Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marilyn Waring, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Political Economy
10 May 2016
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Consider feminist analysis of intersection of gender and economic inequality, using 2 case studies: Consider medicalization and its relationship to sdh and gender. Capitalist economic systems foster social inequalities and health inequalities. 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. Gender is a determinant of health gender intersects with other social determinants of health (e. g. , class, income, race ) Sexism interacts other axes of oppression (e. g. , racisms, 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. , distribution of power along gendered lines) Aims to reveal gendered assumptions that inform knowledge that claims to be neutral and. Renders (makes) visible the gendered character of the social relations of production and reproduction. Does not hate or put down men; about equity.
