Patologizacija in medikalizacija menstruacije

upravljanje in nadzorovanje menstrualnega cikla

Ula Kranjc Kušlan (Author), Metka Mencin Čeplak (Mentor)

Abstract

Medikalizacija je proces, pri katerem nemedicinska stanja preidejo pod lupo medicinske obravnave, in možna zdravljenja. Ženska telesa so pogosta tarča medikalizacije, še posebno reproduktivnega cikla. Vendar pa se je skozi spremembo kulturnih in socioekonomskih struktur v družbi spremenil tudi potek medikalizacije. Posameznice velikokrat same od medicinske in farmacevtske stroke zahtevajo orodja za upravljanje in nadzorovanje menstrualnega cikla. Moje osrednje raziskovalno vprašanje je, kakšno vlogo ima menstruacija pri opredeljevanju in samoopredeljevanju žensk ter kako patologizacija menstruacije vpliva na zahtevo po njeni medikalizaciji. Na začetku bom s historičnim pregledom poskušala najti vzroke za patologizacijo in nadaljnjo medikalizacijo menstruacije ter spreminjanje prepričanj o menstruaciji od antike do dvajsetega stoletja. To pomaga razložiti, zakaj je menstruacija tako odločilen dogodek v življenju žensk ter kako se z njim spopadajo. Pregledala bom, kako je medicina včasih pri medikalizaciji posameznice in njenega reproduktivnega cikla imela osrednji vpliv, sedaj pa se je odgovornost in zahteva po medikalizaciji prevesila na posameznico. Pogosti medikalizaciji menstrualnega cikla sta upravljanje in nadzorovanje s pomočjo strokovne intervencije in konzumiranjem farmacevtikov, kar odraža tudi splošnega duha neoliberalističnega socioekonomskega sistema.

Keywords

medikalizacija;patologizacija;menstruacija;nadzorovanje;upravljanje;neomedikalizacija;Menstruacija;Medicina;Študije spolov;Diplomska dela;

Data

Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2020
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
Publisher:	[U. Kranjc Kušlan]
UDC:	305:612.662(043.2)
COBISS:	31765507
Views:	570
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary title:	Pathologisation and medicalization of menstruation: control and regulation of the menstrual cycle
Secondary abstract:	Medicalisation is a process whereby non-medical conditions and phenomena begin to be treated medically. Female bodies are frequent target of medicalization, which holds especially true for the reproductive cycle. However, through the change of cultural and socio-economic structures, the course of medicalization has changed as well. Individuals often personally demand tool by the medical and pharmaceutical professions to manage and monitor their menstrual cycle. My central question is thus: what role does menstruation play in the definition and self-determination of women, and how does the pathologisation of menstruation affect the demand for its medicalization? First, I will try to locate the causes of pathologisation and subsequent medicalisation of menstruation by the means of historical examination, as well as the changing of beliefs on menstruation from antiquity to the twentieth century. This helps to explain why menstruation is such a defining event in womenʹs lives, and also to answer the question of how they have managed it. One of the findings of this thesis is that, while in fact principal influence of medicalization of an individual and her reproductive cycle, the responsibility and demand for medicalization have since shifted to the individual. Two common examples of medicalization of the menstrual cycle are regulation and control through professional intervention and consumption of pharmaceuticals, which in addition reflect the general spirit of the neoliberal socio-economic system.
Secondary keywords:	medicalisation;pathologisation;menstruation;control;regulation;neo-medicalisation;Menstruation;Medicine;Gender studies;Graduate theses;
Type (COBISS):	Bachelor thesis/paper
Study programme:	0
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	1970-01-01
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Ljubljani, Fak. za družbene vede
Pages:	32 str.
ID:	12042743