Episode 129: en(gender)ed Reflections on sex, womanhood, and femininity--Part 2
Release Date: 11/12/2020
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info_outlineIn this "Reflections" episode Part 2, Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the topic of sex, womanhood, and femininity: Episode 117: Jennifer Block on “Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution,” Episode 119: #SurvivorStories Series with “Sophia” on navigating the intersection of gender and race in healthcare, Episode 120: Susan Bordo on sex and femininity in politics and its intersection with sexism and misogyny, and Episode 121: Kyl Myers on “Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting.”
During our conversation, Michael and I touched upon the following resources in our conversation:
- Michael and Teri's prediction that if Trump loses, he won't leave quietly, and why his current refusal to concede matters
- How being a woman was a pre-existing condition before the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- How the medical and drug industry center profit over women's safety and agency
- Examples of ethically questionable behavior such as the power morcellator or the transvaginal mesh
- How Trump's damage to science could last decades to recover from
- Sexism and misogyny in 2016 elections and in politics in general
- The Brainwashing of My Dad interview with Jen Senko
- Our interview with Jessica Taylor on Why Women Are Blamed for Everything
- The impact of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation and addition to the Supreme Court on women's rights
- Misogynoir and how Black women have protected men's violence against them to advance Black liberation
- How "sex" is not considered a "strict scrutiny" category under the law and why feminists are fighting for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
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