Women of Color in Medical Settings

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Medical racism spun a different narrative about the pain and illnesses of women of color. The misbelief that white women, who have access to colonial, uno leisurely colonial treats, are very refined and they're capable of feeling all this pain. Women of colour were the defusi was perpetuated that they were invulnerable to pain. And we see it as well in the woeful rates of maternal mortality in both us. Thath's been done because we haven't adequately faced up to the legacy of medical races.

A deeply embedded idea in our culture is the sexist notion that men are the “default” human, and women the unknowable “other". Nowhere is this more visible than in the history of medicine, with disastrous consequences for women’s’ health. On the show this week to discuss her new book is Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World. You can check out her book at factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.