LaChat M R
Methodist Theological School, Delaware, Ohio.
Nurse Pract. 1988 Jan;13(1):31-4.
Throughout history, certain religious images and symbols often have been uncritically used to legitimate the dominance of men over women. This uncritical use has had lasting effects upon our culture, and these images and symbols often continue to be used as rationale for subordinating women today. Since the nursing profession has been, and continues to be, a predominantly female occupation, nurses are especially impacted by this inherited imagery. In their role as primary health care givers, nurse practitioners often care for women who have been victimized by a pattern of male domination that culturally is bound up in and perpetuated by certain religious imagery. This article describes and analyzes the power of religious sex-role imagery to maintain the public and professional order of female subordination to the male. Practical ideas are suggested for the nursing profession that will help to reconstruct this imagery along more equitable and humane lines. Through such efforts, nurses can justly achieve more reciprocity and equality for themselves, and can take active steps to prevent the victimization of many of the women they care for.
纵观历史，某些宗教图像和符号常常被不加批判地用来使男性对女性的支配地位合法化。这种不加批判的使用对我们的文化产生了持久影响，而且这些图像和符号如今常常仍被用作使女性处于从属地位的理由。由于护理行业一直以来且仍主要是女性职业，护士尤其受到这种传承下来的意象的影响。作为初级医疗保健提供者，执业护士经常照顾那些成为男性主导模式受害者的女性，而这种男性主导模式在文化上与某些宗教意象紧密相连并因之得以延续。本文描述并分析了宗教性别角色意象在维护女性对男性的从属这一公共和职业秩序方面的影响力。针对护理行业提出了一些切实可行的想法，这些想法将有助于以更公平、人道的方式重构这种意象。通过这些努力，护士能够为自己公正地实现更多的对等和平等，并能够积极采取措施防止她们所照顾的许多女性成为受害者。
