Bram Hengeveld

Recent Activity

• 

  Bram commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Defining The Third Wave

  O.k., this feels a bit 'ironic', but here goes. I'm a Dutch (male) nursing student and I'm trying to prepare a groupassignment which I (and my fellow (female) classmates) thought would be nice about the role of feminism on nursing and vice versa.
  
  Can you people give me some nice starters/tips/books/etc?
  
  I cannot help but to be a bit annoyed (for lack of a better word, excuse my vocabulary) about your remark suggesting this hierarchy between nurses and doctors. But, by stating this feminism induced difference of 'importance' or, if you will, 'admiration', aren't you just fueling this misconception? I even can see how this might influence for instance a male perspective on nursing as a 'mothering' task, thus being less suited for a man. (and then ofcourse, they will become doctors, who belittle nurses...) It also sets back the nursing profession to the status of being (just?) a female profession, which I can tell you, it is not.