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Sex, Gender and Health
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Abstract The feminist movement was from its start in the 19th century involved in the struggle for better health care for women. The first feminists aimed at better information on birth control and sexuality. The second feminist wave focused on the unequal divisio... view more
The feminist movement was from its start in the 19th century involved in the struggle for better health care for women. The first feminists aimed at better information on birth control and sexuality. The second feminist wave focused on the unequal division of power roles between men and women. A lot of the problems women experienced could be seen as a consequence of their subordinate role in society. At the end of the 1980s and in the 1990s, the discipline women and health or women and medicine was developed. In this introduction to the theme, the developments in this discipline are described. The starting points of the new discipline followed the principles of ‘women’s health care’. These principles can be summarized as the emphasis on control and autonomy by the patient, demedicalization, the importance of the psychosocial context of complaints, empowerment of women and good information and communication. The central issue of the article is: what is the actual scientific state of the art and what important changes have been made on the subject gender and health? The article ends with ideas for future research.... view less
Keywords
gender mainstreaming
Free Keywords
biology; developments in research; diversity; doctor m/f; gender in medicine; reproduction; women’s health;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 9-20
Journal
European Journal of Women's Studies, 14 (2007) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807072314
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)