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The Sickening Women of the Working Class

Author(s): Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, General Reference Works, Social Philosophy, Sociology, Source Material
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: feminism; middle class; medicine; working class; racialization

Summary/Abstract: The text is an excerpt from the book Complaints & Disorders. The Sexual Politics of Sickness, which is a continuation of the monograph Witches, Midwives, and Nurses. The authors try to prove that medical history was tainted with sexism, doctors consistently treated working-class women as a hotbed of disease, and rulers used Darwinism to introduce sexist and classist practices.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 147-164
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish