(En)Gendering the word ‘midwife’: semantics, etymology and orientations
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This discussion paper takes as its starting point the marginal existence of men in seemingly mono-gendered arena childbearing, both midwives and service users. It seeks to explore how their problematic presence can be accommodated rejected within limits existing language which manifests itself most rigidly word ‘midwife’. I argue that ‘midwife’ has multiple meanings are mobilized different situations call upon either a stable etymological understanding or more fluid adaptable semantic meaning. engage heuristic device ‘orientations’ inspired by work Sara Ahmed illuminate these serve exclude people who do not identify female. Lastly, illustrate recent focus on gender-neutral additive accommodate into historically exclusively female discourses further exposed limitations gendered able include all genders none.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gender Studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0958-9236', '1465-3869']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1952406