Looking back am appreciative of the sex education I received back then and I believe I can do better now. For instance, menstrual education should not be thought to girls alone, men need to hear it and be aware of it, and render help where needed. Sometimes menstruation could be painful and make you sick or stay away from school but not because am ashamed to go out or feel bad about it. A friend usually skips school due to a painful menstrual period. Women are oppressed, always positioned to be suppressed and demonstrate endurance at the expense of others.
The issues of transgender people and people of color receiving poor quality care are alarming, and I wonder why. I observed that implicit bias shapes and structures how people relate to you and that is unfair. Everyone deserves to be treated humanely first and receives the healthcare needed without hierarchy, preference, or privilege. I feel unsafe knowing that the health sector discriminates and cultivates a bad practices.
From my understanding of the reading and film, I realized that one must always speak up, fight for justice, respect, recognize and understand individual differences before judging people. LeConté narrated the practitioners’ impatience and disrespect, saying, “Why don’t you perform a C-Section”? How we say or view issues matters as they structure and shape the environment we live.