Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Heterosexism, Intersectionality, Medicalization

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

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Hs 1002 lecture 8 (cid:862)the fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) of poverty(cid:863) Key ideas: intersectionality, feminist analysis, gender paradox, sex, gender, sexism, feminization of poverty, sexual division of labour, domestic labour, feminomics, medicalization. Intersectional analysis looks at multiple axes of power and oppression (class, gender, race) and how they influence one another to create particular experiences of health, suffering and healthcare. It is important to note that suffering in health is not randomly distributed! Gender is a determinant of health intersects with other social determinants of health (eg. gender affects your income, your race and class, etc. ) Sexism intersects other axes of oppression (eg. racism, heterosexism, etc. ) Sex biologi(cid:272)al diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:894)ge(cid:374)itals, (cid:272)hild (cid:271)ea(cid:396)i(cid:374)g, (cid:272)olou(cid:396) (cid:271)li(cid:374)d(cid:374)ess, et(cid:272). (cid:895) Gender socially produced (not natural) differences such as the categories of feminine and masculine: gender roles: the cultural values that dictate how men and woman should behave. The feminization of poverty demonstrates how women are more vulnerable to living on low income and in poverty.