Linkspam, the 3rd
Dec. 11th, 2009 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nilchanceEnd of life care is a feminist issue. FUCK YEAH, IT IS. "Filipovic asks another big question arising from that: What happens when insurance won't cover at-home care for terminally ill patients? Answer: Women take it on for little or no money."
This is kind of a hot button issue for me, seeing what MIL went through with Grandmom (affecting her entire family, AND MINE) when her better off brother basically refused to deal with the dying process and/or any care; hell, even my brother-in-law wasn't there for things that I was, because I lived in the house and because I have two X chromosomes. Then there's Mom, and Dad helping her with her care without respite, and the much different support/respect he gets from medical and government parties because he's doing this grinding, draining, gender-coded work.
This is kind of a hot button issue for me, seeing what MIL went through with Grandmom (affecting her entire family, AND MINE) when her better off brother basically refused to deal with the dying process and/or any care; hell, even my brother-in-law wasn't there for things that I was, because I lived in the house and because I have two X chromosomes. Then there's Mom, and Dad helping her with her care without respite, and the much different support/respect he gets from medical and government parties because he's doing this grinding, draining, gender-coded work.