The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine
We know the difference
The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine
We know the difference
Around the world, women face devastating inequities—from brutal violence and denied rights to health care neglect that ignores their unique biology. Even in the U.S., maternal mortality rates remain shockingly high, especially among Black women. As Dr. Marianne J. Legato reveals, the global disregard for women’s well-being not only destroys lives but robs humanity of immense talent and progress. We must act to protect women’s rights, health, and future.
Nothing is more evident in clinical medicine than the complex and interactive relationship between human biology and the environment in which individuals find themselves.
“Everything flows, nothing stands still. Nothing endures but change.” -Heraclitus
As Heraclitus pointed out, everything in the world inexorably changes over time. Medical science and medical perspectives are no exceptions.
Perhaps no question sparks more controversy than whether children assume sex roles as a result of their biology or the socialization they’re exposed to. The answer, of course, is probably not an “either/or” but a “with” – some combination of the socialization we receive interacts with our natural biology (itself a knot of complicated and intertwining factors) to turn us into the people we become.