Journal article
Gendered medical science: Producing a drug for women
Feminist studies, v 21(3), pp 469-500
22 Sep 1995
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Abstract
Changes in the body which lead to a breakdown in its authority system are pathological; interferences with its ability to produce continuously are disease states. 18 According to Martin, if the body is viewed as a hierarchical pyramid for purposes of continuous production, then menopause is necessarily a disease. Because a menopausal body is undisciplined and unproductive, menopause is a pathological state. According to this metaphor, the human menstrual cycle, like cycles in other animals, fluctuates in response to periodic and recurrent fluctuations in the levels of ovarian hormones. [...]does the decline in estrogen production during menopause cause nausea in menopausal women or does DES? According to her review of the literature, by 1939 more than forty articles had been published that documented the carcinogenic effects of natural and synthetic estrogens (including DES) in animals.
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- Title
- Gendered medical science: Producing a drug for women
- Creators
- Susan Bell
- Publication Details
- Feminist studies, v 21(3), pp 469-500
- Publisher
- Feminist Studies
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1995TR62500003
- Other Identifier
- 991020638504704721
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