User talk:PanosKratimenos/sandbox/BASC001/2020-21/Thursday2-3/Power

Power in Science and Gender
I have added a paragraph that adds on from your discussion of gender bias towards female patients in medical treatments. I felt inspired by the part discussing Coronary Heart Disease in female versus male patients and decided to do some of my own research in this subject, as I previously had no idea about the role that gender plays in survival of illnesses. I believed the study of Greenwood et al. is important as it very clearly highlights the dangers that are created when training in medical schools is focused on the male anatomy rather than the female anatomy. Your contribution of the role that gender plays in medical treatment emphasises that power dynamics are still extremely apparent in our everyday life and can have dire consequences if they are not recognised and dealt with in an interdisciplinary manner, as soon as possible. Perhaps by creating a universal and standard set of rules that training in disciplines should be just as focused on issues suffered by females as it is on issues suffered by males. Whether this is in psychology, medicine or literature. MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 13:35, 09 November 2020 (UTC)

I also added a paragraph similar to the one MM.Mar 08 added, in relation not only to gender but also a racial bias in the medical field. Black women are less likely to be diagnosed, tested, and treated for a condition than the rest of medical patients. While a specific cause for this has not been determined yet, this could be linked to the lack of bibliography on how symptoms manifest on black skin, to the implicit bias of the medical staff, or to the racist assumption that black females overreact to medical symptoms. While in my paragraph I talked about only one specific example, there are plenty of studies confirming this injustice. Cannedtomatoes (discuss • contribs) 02:31, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

That is an incredibly important contribution. I had no idea about this issue existing before now, and now I am grateful to have read your research into it as I feel like it has helped me become less ignorant towards this horrendous problem. MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 14:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your contributions - it's useful to have a more in-depth example of discrimination in medical treatment, and how gender and race interact to cause double-discrimination in black women. I've added these two contributions under "Medical Research and Treatment" as sub-sub-sections because I feel like it is easier to read and understand this way. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 12:50, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Power of nonviolence
I have edited the sentence structure of some parts of this contribution, in attempt to aid understanding and help clarifying the points that are being made. I think talking about non-violent approaches is incredibly relevant to power, and thus I hope my slight grammatical corrections, added to your contribution. I must admit, there were some sentences which I did not understand the meaning of and therefore I was unable to help (as I did not want to mess with your overall argument) so I would recommend having another quick read over it. (Bienchen4338 (discuss • contribs) 11:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC))

I have added some structural titles to organise the sub-elements a little bit more. (MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 14:53, 10 November 2020 (UTC))

The power of Language
I added a sub-section on power in gender and language as an example to show how language is rooted in patriarchy and unequal distributions of power, and how this persists to influence the collective consciousness of people in society today and reinforces gender inequality. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 12:41, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * This is a very interesting contribution and it is extremely relevant to this section. While my original contribution only ends up mentioning the use of sexist language in English, as I was discussing English as a Lingua Franca, it is important to recognise that this is a phenomenon observable in many languages. This addition, further provides insight into how this still impacts our interpretations and current world views, supporting the point that this is not an issue contained within the discipline of linguistics. Thank you for adding this section. (Bienchen4338 (discuss • contribs) 13:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC))

I corrected a typo from 'coerc' to 'coerce' in the 'Language as a tool' section. (12Tig (discuss • contribs) 12:23, 16 November 2020 (UTC))