The Feminine Body and the Culture of Care. Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodriguez, Marta
• Is Part Of: New bioethics. Volume 28:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2022-07-03
• Subjects: Care -- woman's body -- feminism -- motherhood; Bioethics -- Periodicals; Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 174.2
• DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2022.2067626
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-2877

Abstract

Abstract : Can we speak of a feminine approach to caring for the body? If there is such an approach, how does culture influence or even construct it? Do we need a new culture of care in the medical field? What can a woman's contribution be to transform culture in this area? In this analysis, I take the human body and its way of being in the world as my starting point, so that we could speak, using Sartrean terminology, of a 'psychical body'. Then I consider the symbiosis that occurs during pregnancy, and I speak of it as a 'relational modality', that gives an 'existential orientation' to women, whether or not they are biological mothers. Finally, I show some implications of this relational modality for the culture of care.