Class Year

2027

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Date of Creation

Fall 2025

Department 1

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Abstract

This work examines gender inequality in the American workforce as part of a broader cultural system that consistently devalues care, embodiment, and relational labor. Rather than treating issues such as the wage gap or the motherhood penalty as isolated problems, it situates them within a historical pattern shaped by patriarchal power, medical dismissal, and the domination of nature. Through an interdisciplinary feminist approach, this work traces how the suppression of the feminine influences women’s working lives, health experiences, and relationships to their bodies. By connecting labor inequality to burnout, ecological harm, and the erosion of inner authority, it argues that meaningful change requires more than policy reform. Instead, it calls for a cultural reorientation that restores interdependence, embodied knowledge, and care as central to collective wellbeing.

Comments

This work was written for WGS 130: Women's Health and Sexuality.

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