Seeing the bigger picture: what is gynaecology for?
This paper situates Rodrigo de Castro Lusitano’s De uniuersa mulierum medicina (1603), within the longer history of gynaecology and of the questions raised by having a separate branch of medicine dedicated to women. I argue that the focus of ‘gynaecology’ has historically been on difference: on wom...
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2021-06-01
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This paper situates Rodrigo de Castro Lusitano’s De uniuersa mulierum medicina (1603), within the longer history of gynaecology and of the questions raised by having a separate branch of medicine dedicated to women. I argue that the focus of ‘gynaecology’ has historically been on difference: on women’s bodies being seen as fundamentally different from those of men. I argue that one danger of the recent resurrection of a focus on difference is that it could lead to negative changes to women’s roles in society.
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| spelling | doaj.art-87553c0ac3d7461c80919fd39e6f6e9e2024-02-09T16:14:56ZengUniversidade de AveiroÁgora0874-54982183-43342021-06-0123.110.34624/agora.v0i23.1.25018Seeing the bigger picture: what is gynaecology for?Helen King This paper situates Rodrigo de Castro Lusitano’s De uniuersa mulierum medicina (1603), within the longer history of gynaecology and of the questions raised by having a separate branch of medicine dedicated to women. I argue that the focus of ‘gynaecology’ has historically been on difference: on women’s bodies being seen as fundamentally different from those of men. I argue that one danger of the recent resurrection of a focus on difference is that it could lead to negative changes to women’s roles in society. https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/agora/article/view/25018differenceHippocraticbinaryhermapfroditelanguagegynaecology |
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