Naturalization and medicalization of the female body: social control through reproduction

This study discusses, through bibliographic research, the recurrence of naturalization as basis for the medicalization of the female body, as a means of social control through biological reproduction, whereby behavioral standards, social class, ethnic and race differences are rearranged/redefined. T...

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Main Authors: Tonia Costa, Eduardo Navarro Stotz, Danielle Grynszpan, Maria do Carmo Borges de Souza, Pedro Cardoso Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2007-01-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832007000100006&lng=en&tlng=en