In July of 2023, the Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, and her administration allocated $1 million for a pilot program that will allow sex workers to have free healthcare. There have been a plethora of opinions surrounding this decision with the focus heavily falling on sex workers and whether or not they deserve to […]
Read More Politics of Deservingness: Sex Work and HealthcarePlease undress and don the gown Reproductive and biological healthcare is an extremely intimidating experience for many individuals. The typical drab waiting room, family health history questions you probably don’t know, and so on and so forth. As a legal adult at age eighteen, your guardian may not come back to the examination room with […]
Read More Let’s get intimate! (at the OBGYN)Let’s talk about race baby, let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the things that are happening within healthcare baby. Okay, not to offer a new edition of Salt-N-Papa but it’s about time we talk about the disparities that are happening between black and white women when it comes to the healthcare […]
Read More Protect Black Women: The DISPARITIES We Face In healthcareGender prejudice is the action or treatment against a person based on their sex. We see gender bias present in society in many forms, but healthcare is a crucial one. Bias in the medical field is damaging to the healthcare systems we rely on. In healthcare, gender bias is when patients are diagnosed and treated […]
Read More Gender bias in healthcareIdentifying as a feminist is still seen as a polarizing distinction to make these days. Or at least from where I’m standing. People who have never had to personally confront the reality of our country’s violent history seem to be eager to move on from accepting responsibility for the racist and male dominated fabric of […]
Read More Women’s Access to Health; Why So Tricky?
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