Food for thought on this week's reading

I found this blog[1] entitled I'm Glad More Men Are Getting Breast Cancer. When It's Only The Women Who Are Doing The Dying, Nobody Seems To Care. In it the author states, “Most of the research that is done in the field of health is done for the benefit of white men. They are the wealthiest and most powerful group of people in this country since they tend to exclude women and non-whites from well-paying jobs. The white men also tend to have health insurance so they can pay for whatever expensive treatments the medical industry comes up with to prolong the lives of white men.” Women are an after thought.

So, if the realm of politics, health care, and the State or synonymous with the white male, where does that leave women in the fight? Were does that leave political, health, and State issues that effect children, women, and minorities? Can white men emphasize? How do they look at State issues that don't directly effect themselves?

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[1] http://nabnyc.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-glad-more-men-are-getting-breast.html (Oct 13, 2009)