Women's Bodies and the Medical Profession

Through medical college and later, the author, a gynaecologist and obstetrician, found that the human body is essentialised and reduced to the anatomy and physiological processes leading in an extreme form to insensitivity and violence towards women in labour. This can also legitimise unethical prac...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 2010-04, Vol.45 (17), p.52-57
Main Author: SRI, B SUBHA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy
Anatomy & physiology
Cadavers
Curricula
Dissection
Families & family life
Gynecology
Health aspects
Health professions
Human body
Human organs
Learning
Medical colleges
Medical profession
Medical schools
Medical societies
Medical students
Men
Orgasm
Physiological processes
Physiology
Rape
REVIEW OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
Science
Sex crimes
Students
Victims of crime
Violence against women
Women
Womens health
Womens studies
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Summary:Through medical college and later, the author, a gynaecologist and obstetrician, found that the human body is essentialised and reduced to the anatomy and physiological processes leading in an extreme form to insensitivity and violence towards women in labour. This can also legitimise unethical practices like unnecessary caesareans and hysterectomies. Special investments need to be made in education and training of medical students to change this view that affects women's lives in adverse ways. Also, while women mostly find the knowledge of their bodies empowering and liberating, it is ultimately tampered by conditioned patriarchal notions.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846