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Women cannot afford “nice”: The unpaid labor of gendered caregiving

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

Much has been written about finding meaning in illness. Others have written about finding meaning in caregiving. But taking care of someone else’s s!#t has its own intrinsic meaning, and for much of the time, it’s not all good. Continue reading →

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Ethics and Children with Differences in Sex Development and Gender Nonconformity

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

Society once considered children born with atypical genital anatomy to be freaks of nature. Until recently, doctors labeled these children “hermaphrodites” and urged early appearance-altering surgery. While times have changed, somewhat, medical interventions continue despite mounting evidence of long-term harms associated with both medical and surgical “treatment.” Continue reading →

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Bathrooms, Binaries, and Bioethics

Posted on April 21, 2016 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. Visit this page for more information. By Jamie Lindemann Nelson, PhD Bioethicists typically deal with the moral complexities that emerge when social institutions—the clinic and the lab, chiefly—try to … Continue reading →

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Should Women Pay More for Health Insurance?

Posted on September 27, 2013 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D. In a recent commentary in Time (Aug. 23, 2013), Hadley Heath argued that women ought to pay more … Continue reading →

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