Okazawa Rey Chapter 5 Summary
In Chapter 5 of Women’s Lives Multicultural Perspectives by Gwyn Kirk and Okazawa-Rey, many key concepts arise. The chapter discusses women’s health and the social controversies that contribute. There were many interesting points that were brought up in this chapter. The first one I found interesting was the discussion of childbirth and the new reproductive technologies that are developing. With new technological advances being made every day, it has become easier and easier to have children if you are someone that could usually not. These technological advances “hold out the hope that infertile couples or postmenopausal women will be able to have children.” (218, Okazawa-Rey) With the existence of surrogate mothers and fertility clinics
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There is also a direct correlation between race, class and gender and illness. Again, the chapter introduces some facts that are hard to accept for example, middle class women are more likely to know about mammograms and screenings that detect cancer although breast cancer effects one in nine women. (220, Okazawa-Rey) As well as cancer, there are other diseases that women do not have access to early detection whether that is because symptoms usually are not as apparent in women as in men. There are many ways that women can improve their health but it seemed a bit unfair reading about the inequalities between women of different races and different economical standpoints. “This disparity is attributed to a mix of overlapping factors including income level, educational attainment, occupation, access to health services, neighborhood and work conditions, and so forth — factors linked to both race and class.” (220,
There is also a direct correlation between race, class and gender and illness. Again, the chapter introduces some facts that are hard to accept for example, middle class women are more likely to know about mammograms and screenings that detect cancer although breast cancer effects one in nine women. (220, Okazawa-Rey) As well as cancer, there are other diseases that women do not have access to early detection whether that is because symptoms usually are not as apparent in women as in men. There are many ways that women can improve their health but it seemed a bit unfair reading about the inequalities between women of different races and different economical standpoints. “This disparity is attributed to a mix of overlapping factors including income level, educational attainment, occupation, access to health services, neighborhood and work conditions, and so forth — factors linked to both race and class.” (220,