Biological facts vs. social events
 

Mol suggests that we need to distinguish between "biological facts about sex difference, skin color or disease, and social events that do not follow from these facts and therefore need to be spoken about in specific, social terms: gender, culture, illness" [to which we could add "race"]

> from Annemarie Mol's The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (2002)

> tagged with #biology, #gender, #race

> created May 26, 2025 at 10:40:29 AM


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