Messing K
CINBIOSE, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
Int J Health Serv. 1999;29(1):147-65. doi: 10.2190/RJUK-VMAY-ARJQ-2JEM.
Although most occupational health research has been done with male subjects and on jobs traditionally done by men, research on reproductive hazards is an exception. Researchers were late to realize that men were exposed to reproductive hazards. However, women's health problems have been excluded from the large scientific literature on reproductive hazards, which has concentrated on hazards to fetuses. This is true even of much feminist-oriented research. This neglect is attributable to a reluctance to emphasize health hazards for women at work, since identifying those specific to women may militate against women's employment. Union action is in fact necessary to protect access to employment and health at the same time.
尽管大多数职业健康研究是针对男性受试者以及传统上由男性从事的工作进行的，但关于生殖危害的研究却是个例外。研究人员很晚才意识到男性也会面临生殖危害。然而，女性的健康问题在大量关于生殖危害的科学文献中被排除在外，这些文献主要关注的是对胎儿的危害。即使是许多以女权主义为导向的研究也是如此。这种忽视归因于人们不愿强调工作中女性面临的健康危害，因为确定那些女性特有的危害可能不利于女性就业。事实上，工会行动对于同时保障就业机会和健康是必要的。
