The Language of Reproduction

Is it Doctored

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ID4634685
AuthorsM Lloyd (0000-0002-3193-7547, Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume7
Issue2
Pages184-201
Publication date1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/104973239700700202
OpenAlexW2129494658
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited43

Among the large body of feminist scholarship on infertility and reproductive technologies there is a subargument about the language of reproduction. Following a "medicalization" thesis, feminists argue that the language of reproduction pathologizes the female reproductive system and simultaneously hides the pathology of the male reproductive system. This article describes 3 examples of such an argument and then offers a critique. The overall point that contemporary societies display gender inequality is not disputed, but methodologically, the feminist argument about the language of reproduction is found wanting. Alternative lines of inquiry are mentioned, suggesting a need for greater methodological rigor in studies of medical discourse

Biology · Epistemology · Inequality · Infertility · Medicalization · Political science · Pregnancy · Reproduction · Reproductive technology · Scholarship · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Ecology

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