<p>CALL FOR PAPERS  IJFAB Special Issue 11.2: “Feminist Phenomenology, Medicine, Bioethics, and Health” Guest Editor Lauren Freeman (University of Louisville) Lauren.Freeman@louisville.edu Although by no means mainstream, phenomenological approaches to bioethics and philosophy of medicine are no longer novel. Such approaches take &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/cfp-feminist-phenomenology-medicine-bioethics-and-health/">Continue reading <

<p>This systematic review illustrates how, in many settings worldwide, women’s childbirth experiences in health facilities are marred by instances of mistreatment, including physical and verbal abuse, a lack of supportive care, neglect, discrimination, and denial of autonomy. Our findings indicate &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/the-mistreatment-of-women-during-childbirth-in-health-facilities-globally-a-mixed-methods-systematic-review/">

<p>From Everyday Feminism via Upworthy (which includes a few other links I have not checked out), &#8220;How 7 things that have nothing to do with rape perfectly illustrate the concept of consent.&#8221; Some studies have also shown that viagra pharmacy has some &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/useful-rape-analogies-cartoon-form/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10

<p>Susan Sherwin (Dalhousie University) has been granted this honour for her work in feminist bioethics, &#8220;notably through her writings on discrimination in health care.&#8221; For those unfamiliar with this distinction: Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/susan-sherwin-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div

<p>In invalidating same-sex marriage bans nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment protected marriage as a fundamental liberty, regardless of the sex of the spouses.  Specifically, it noted that The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/the-myths-we-tell-ourselves-justice-clarence-thomas-dissent-in-obergefell-v-hodges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-n

<p>He&#8217;s rejected the claim to being the conscience of America (because, really, who would accept that burden?); nevertheless, I&#8217;d say that Erectile dysfunction in simple words can be described as the inability to get and maintain erection sufficient for a sexual &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/john-oliver-on-transgender-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; pad

<p>The Paris Gay Pride parade was held on Saturday, June 27, and its route went right in front of my apartment on the Boulevard Saint Michel. Please enjoy these photos in celebration of the narrow victory for sexual justice in &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/in-celebration-of-the-u-s-supreme-court-decision-on-gay-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" c

<p>This guest post by Jamie Lindemann Nelson (Michigan State) originally appeared at Impact Ethics. Elinor Burkett’s June 7th New York Times editorial, “What Makes a Woman?” has generated a good share of attention—not surprising, perhaps, given how hot transgender is just now and how perennially &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/what-re-makes-a-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom

<p>The Nobel prize-winning Cambridge biochemist Tim Hunt caused uproar this week, with some comments &#8212; which he later said were intended self-deprecatingly and humorously &#8212; to an audience of scientists, many of them women, on the topic of women in &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/critical-reflections-on-huntgate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;"

<p>I had the pleasure of seeing Atul Gawande speak at the National Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) a few weeks ago. He noted that in America, many people do not know who their doctor is. This made me chuckle. &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/who-is-your-doctor-the-value-of-primary-care-in-reducing-health-costs-and-unnecessary-medical-interventions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:2

<p>I was recently giving a paper on Franco-Anglo Feminisms in Canada at panel on Canadian Feminisms at the Hypatia/CSW conference, Exploring Collaborative Contestations and Diversifying Philosophy, at Villanova. A subject that seems little discussed outside Québec and Franco-Canada is the &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px

<p>A recent article by Madeline Ostrander in the New Yorker describes research that examines “what poverty does to the young brain.” One major focus of her article is a recent study that found a link between socioeconomic factors and brain &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/the-effects-of-poverty-on-childrens-brain-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;"

<p>Recently, Truthout published an article by Jeff Ritterman, M.D., about the impact of misdirected nutritional advice on our nation’s health. According to Ritterman, U.S. dietary guidelines formulated in the late 70&#8217;s that directed Americans to limit intake of fats, and &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/a-copernican-revolution-in-nutrition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20p

<p>Be good because if you’re not, you’ll find yourself labeled hysterical, depressed, bored, lonely, a drug-seeker, attention-seeker, perfectly healthy with a low threshold for discomfort. Bad behavior includes crying when talking about the time you pooped your pants in Trader &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/how-to-be-a-good-patient/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-t

<p>It’s been an exciting couple of years in the world of LGBT rights and visibility. Gays and lesbians especially have seen radical changes in the ways that their/our lives are legislated and represented. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone. Part &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-transitioning-in-the-limelight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class=

<p>One choice quotation: What is much more important than any of these behaviorist or “moral” approaches are all the stories, poems, and testimonies, the theoretical and political works, that document the struggle to achieve embodied self-determination for individuals and for &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/gender-performance-the-transadvocate-interviews-judith-butler/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div s

<p>Since we&#8217;ve posted several pieces on the allegations of rape mounting against Bill Cosby, and since it&#8217;s the end of Faster working formulas at comparatively much lower prices . canadian online viagra robertrobb.com Introducing Kamagra a solution to this terrifying &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-in-the-court-of-public-opinion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style=

<p>When I was working on my review essay on Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century (forthcoming in the fall in IJFAB), I was looking around for sources about women’s fate under regimes of extreme inequality—in wealth in particular, given Piketty’s &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/piketty-and-the-primates-of-park-avenue-or-women-and-wealth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; paddi

<p>After attacking a village, [the Islamic State] splits women from men and executes boys and men aged 14 and over. The women and mothers are separated; girls are stripped naked, tested for virginity and examined for breast size and prettiness. The &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/islamic-state-burned-a-woman-alive-for-not-engaging-in-an-extreme-sex-act-u-n-official-says/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div

<p>It may not have escaped your notice that Britain has just had a general election. The result decides the flavour of the government, probably for the next 5 years. The outcome on 8 May was widely unpredicted: the polls had &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/disability-the-uk-general-election-and-what-it-means-for-bioethics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" c