In the passage, women, poverty,
and AIDS, Paul Farmer argues that many people conceptualize that the disease
known as AIDS in women is a result of structural violence. He says that the
racism, sexism, and classism that a woman experience are thought of as the
reasons behind the disease: AIDS.
The idea of structural violence
suggests that women of color are more likely to be infected by AIDS than others;
however, AIDS is a disease and not a misogynistic racist man who would look at
the color of a woman before infecting her. Similarly, poor people and females
are at a higher risk for being infected with AIDS than rich people and men
because of structural violence; this idea promotes that it is the woman’s fault
for being infected by this lethal disease, but sadly, any infection can hit
anyone for many different reasons. People might label the disease to be the
women’s fault, but they fail to realize that a woman might have a full control
on her body, but she does not have a control on her fate. Many of these people
suffer more from AIDS/HIV because they are not provided with enough resources
to help them live a healthy and safe life.
According to dosomething.org,
“71% of the HIV/AIDS-related deaths in
2011 were people living in Africa.” Again, these statistics does not depict
that this particular race is more susceptible to AIDS. Nonetheless, Africa has a higher
rate of AIDS-related deaths because they do not have enough resources to prevent
this disease or enough medical facilities to get treated.
How can a social
structure be a cause of a biological infection?
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