Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA.
Yale J Biol Med. 2011 Dec;84(4):447-59.
This essay examines factors leading to the identification of Toxic Shock Syndrome with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus in 1978 and the specific role of Rely tampons in generating a technologically rooted health crisis. The concept biologically incompatible technology is offered to explain the relationship between constituent bacteria, women's menstrual cycles, and a reactive technology that converged to create the ideal environment for the S. aureus bacteria to live and flourish in some women. The complicated and reactive relationship of the Rely tampon to emergent disease, corporate interests, public health, and injury law reveals the dangers of naturalizing technologies.
本文探讨了导致 1978 年鉴定出金黄色葡萄球菌引起的中毒性休克综合征的因素,以及 Rely 卫生棉条在引发技术根源健康危机方面的具体作用。提出“生物不相容技术”这一概念,用以解释组成细菌、女性月经周期和反应性技术之间的关系,这些因素共同创造了有利于金黄色葡萄球菌在某些女性体内生存和繁殖的理想环境。Rely 卫生棉条与新兴疾病、企业利益、公共卫生和伤害法之间复杂而反应性的关系揭示了将技术自然化的危险。