One-eyed science

Description:

After decades of research by the author and her colleagues into what women do in positions such as bank teller, secretary, waitress, nurse, factory worker, and poultry processor, Karen Messing is astonished to find that for many policymakers, researchers, and activists, the topic of women's occupational health doesn't exist. Responding to the tough question, why are scientists so unresponsive to the needs of women workers, Messing describes long-standing difficulties in gaining attention for the occupational health of women, ranging from the structure of the grant process and the conferences crucial to the professional life of researchers to the basic assumptions of scientific practice. Messing laments the separation of even most feminist health researchers from workplace concerns and asserts that it is time to develop a science that can prevent women workers' pain and suffering.

subjects: Sexism in medicine,  Sex discrimination against women,  Occupational diseases,  Health aspects,  Women,  Employment,  Sex factors,  Facteurs sexuels,  Discrimination dans l'emploi,  Sante au travail,  Beruf,  Sekseverschillen,  Working Women,  Femmes,  Travail des femmes,  Travailleuse,  Travail,  Maladies professionnelles,  Unterprivilegierung,  Berufskrankheit,  Discrimination a l'egard des femmes,  Frauenarbeit,  Frau,  Aspect sanitaire,  Division sexuelle du travail,  Conditions de travail,  Prejudice,  Beroepsziekten,  Seksisme,  Maladie professionnelle,  Sexisme en medecine,  Gesundheitsgefa˜hrdung,  Vrouwenarbeid,  Femme au travail,  Women, employment