A Feminist Perspective of Women’s Health Flashcards
How does gynecological health reflect women’s societal status?
It reflects women’s unequal access to opportunity and power, highlighting disparities in comprehensive, compassionate healthcare services.
How does feminism define oppression?
As ‘not having a choice.’
What does feminism critically analyze?
Societal assumptions about expectations and the value of roles at sociopolitical and individual levels.
What intersectional factors influence health?
Sexism, racism, class, nation, and gender.
How is sex determined?
By chromosomes, genitalia, and sexual organs.
What shapes women’s health priorities?
Social attributes like reproductive capacity and feminine appearance.
What is the term ‘sex/gender’ used for?
To acknowledge the contribution of biological and socially constructed aspects to health risks, treatments, and diagnoses.
What is intersectionality?
The unique combination of multiple identities (e.g., race, gender, socioeconomic status) and the experience of oppression based on these identities.
What is the most powerful factor in intersectionality?
Low socioeconomic status.
How do race and ethnicity impact health outcomes?
Disparities are more influenced by social discrimination than genetic or biological differences.
How does the environment impact women’s health?
Through factors like housing, education, wages, recreation, and community behavior.
What does a feminist model of care emphasize?
Working with women, minimizing power imbalances, rejecting androcentric norms, and challenging the medicalization of normal physiological processes.
What is the biomedical definition of health?
The absence of disease.
How does the WHO define health?
As a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease.
What are the WHO prerequisites for health?
Freedom from fear of war, equal opportunity, basic needs (food, water, education, housing), secure work and societal roles, political will and public support.
