Soine L
Center for Human Resources, State University of New York at Plattsburgh 12901, USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 1995;20(3):51-65. doi: 10.1300/J010v20n03_04.
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a contemporary health problem of serious magnitude. It is also an example of how gender bias can result in psychologizing (and therefore, ignoring), very real health threats to women. Characterized by symptoms which include mucous membrane irritation, eye irritation, headaches, feelings of lethargy and the inability to concentrate, sick building syndrome affects hundreds of thousands of office workers on a daily basis. The preponderance of victims of sick building syndrome are women. The threat to women's health posed by SBS is an under researched area, despite early research findings that women are disproportionately affected. This paper argues that gender bias has undermined the effectiveness of both research and intervention in addressing SBS, thereby perpetuating the threat to the health of female office workers. Implications for social workers are addressed.
病态建筑综合征（SBS）是一个严重的当代健康问题。它也是性别偏见如何导致将非常真实的健康威胁心理化（并因此被忽视）的一个例子，而这些威胁是针对女性的。病态建筑综合征的症状包括粘膜刺激、眼睛刺激、头痛、嗜睡感和注意力不集中，每天都有成千上万的上班族受到影响。病态建筑综合征的受害者绝大多数是女性。尽管早期研究结果表明女性受到的影响尤为严重，但SBS对女性健康构成的威胁仍是一个研究不足的领域。本文认为，性别偏见削弱了研究和干预在解决SBS方面的有效性，从而使女性上班族的健康威胁长期存在。文中还探讨了对社会工作者的启示。
