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Jonathan Van Ness answers a crucial question about gender inequity and poverty: why, even in circumstances when women are able to make the same amount of money as men, are they not able to become as wealthy?
Fatherhood results in increased earning and employment benefits of 6%, while on average, with the birth of each child the mother's pay declines by 4%.
The US healthcare system only supports the negative impacts poverty has on women. In general, women need more healthcare (consider routine reproducvie health check ups) than men, but have less money to pay for it. Especially in a post-Roe world, access to safe, affordable abortion is also a major problem. In many states, women are forced to either travel far away (which is expensive) or overpay for an abortion. In the event that a woman is unable to access an abortion should she choose to recieve one, the financial implications of having a child quickly become detrimental.
Furthermore, the history of the US healthcare system has been built upon and modeled by and for men. Female paitents experiencing heart attacks are far more likley to be misdiagnosed than male paitents, and the fatality rate of women in car crashes is much higher than men becuase cars are tested and fit to dummies modled after male bodies.
Conclusion, Citations, and Further Reading
Conclusion, Citations, and Further Reading
Preliminary research shows that men have higher allostatic load levels than women
However, the most important takeaway is how systemically women have generational accumulated disadvantage (impact on women of color and women in other countries)
How can we go about fixing this? Could it part of it start with the education of elementary students?
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