社会性别化的风险、经历与反应——对美国妇女与艾滋病的探讨

艾滋病目前已成为美国一个严重的社会问题和大众健康问题。妇女从 2 0世纪 80年代在边缘徘徊 ,到 90年代已陷入了该危机的“震中”。本文将从女权主义的视野来审视这场社会性别化的传染病 ,即把社会性别当作主要变量来考察它同种族、族裔、阶级、性取向以及文化等诸因素的交叉互动 ,并从纷繁复杂的艾滋病现象和文献中梳理出妇女与艾滋病关系上的社会性别差异。文章最后将提出若干可资借鉴并值得我们警觉的建议

The Gendered Epidemic in the U.S.:Risk for,Experiences of and Responses to AIDS

AIDS has become a major social and public health problem in the United States since the early 1980s.Being on the periphery in the first decade of the AIDS pandemic,women are currently on the center of concern.This essay looks at this gendered epidemic from a feminist perspective,treats gender as a critical variable,showing how gender intersects with other regimes of oppression by race,ethnicity,social class,sexual orientation and culture,and highlights gender differences in risks for,experiences of,and responses to HIV/AIDS.Finally,some suggestions will be proposed for China.