arrangement’.
1. Feminist Epistemology (Sandra Harding, Donna Haraway)
Situated Knowledge & Strong Objectivity:
Perez’s examples illustrate the necessity of recognizing women's lived experiences to achieve reliable, representative science and regulation.
Ignoring occupational exposure embodies Haraway’s critique of "the god-trick"—pretending neutrality while perpetuating biases and injustices.
2. Judith Butler – Precarity & Vulnerability
Butler emphasizes how bodies are made precarious by social and institutional structures.
The narrative of women workers, precariously positioned both economically and medically, vividly demonstrates this theoretical framing.
3. Michel Foucault – Biopolitics & Power-Knowledge
Regulation practices and research biases reflect institutional power that defines whose health matters.
The selective visibility (consumer safety vs. worker safety) is a manifestation of biopolitical control over vulnerable populations.
4. Amartya Sen – Capabilities Approach
Precarious employment and lack of workplace safety fundamentally undermine women’s capabilities to achieve health, economic independence, and bodily integrity.
