Not Sick: Liberal, Trans, and Crip Feminist Critiques of Medicalization

This article will focus on three feminist critiques of medicalization, which offer an alternative narrative of sickness and health. I will first briefly describe the philosophical origins of medicalization. Then, I will present three feminist critiques of medicalization. Liberal feminism, trans feminism, and crip feminism tend to regard Western medicine with a hermeneutics of suspic ion and draw out potential harms of medicalization of reproductive sexuality, gender, and disability, respectively. While neither these branches of feminism—nor their critiques—are homogenous, they provide much-needed commentaries on phallocentric medicine. I will conclude the paper by arguing f or the continual need for feminist critiques of medicalization, using uterus transplantation as a relevant case study.
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research