Status and Quality of Life

Status & Quality of Life/Gender/Geography

           

Certain gender inequalities restrict a women’s access to healthcare. Women constitute the “largest constituency of all people in poverty” (Domosh & Seager 114).  This is an example of a gender inequality that will affect access to healthcare for women. Geographically, low income can also control how a woman is mobile in society; therefore they can experience restricted access to and through certain spaces (Domosh and Seager 115). Traditional gender roles also restrict a woman’s access to certain needs for her status and quality of life. Any resistance to these roles is viewed as abandoning the home and family (Domosh and Seager 118). The socially accepted home-centered role that women play restricts them from employment opportunities, and increased income to afford necessities for a good status and quality of life. Economic status is important in determining mobility (Domosh and Seager 114), and if women cannot get around to find jobs, then it is more difficult to maintain a good status and quality of life. Although the world has seen improvement in a women’s economic status in the world, many women are still “geographically anchored”(Domosh and Seager 114) to inferior roles that interfere with their quality of life and a secure livelihood.

            Men are less likely than women to seek healthcare. The socially constructed perception that men should be bold and take risks as well as be strong, are a few of several reasons for this resistance to getting help. Certain social and traditional characteristics of men pressure them to believe that these characteristics should be upheld. This prevents them from seeking help, which interferes with their health and therefore status and quality of life. 

Source:http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/general-u-s/60421d1269973441-map-counties-quality-life-ranking-counties-biz-journal-rank.jpg