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  • Gender, Masculinity, and COVID-19

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  April 27, 2020  //  By Christina Ewig
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    This article originally appeared on The Gender Policy Report.

    Gender is shaping the COVID-19 crisis in real and significant ways. Beyond the direct, visible practices that by now we all should understand—stay home, wash your hands, step back six feet—gender and its interactions with class, race, and immigrant status impact a number of dimensions of this crisis. From epidemiology to the vulnerabilities of front-line health workers, from the distribution of care work within families to the implications of quarantine for domestic violence, we need to reflect critically on these interactions to shape a truly effective policy response to this pandemic.

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  • Gender and the “War” on Covid-19

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  April 17, 2020  //  By Christina Ewig

    U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Matt Miller, 140th Wing occupational safety specialist, and Airman 1st Class Ryan Terry, 233rd Space Warning Squadron security forces, assigned to Task Force Shelter Support for the Colorado National Guard’s COVID-19 response, discuss the status of support with the staff and a volunteer nurse Rebekah Maciorowski, at a motel where people without homes are lodged, Denver, Colo., April 10, 2020. Members of the Colorado National Guard volunteer to support state and local officials combat the Corona Virus Pandemic by assisting multiple agencies in the state of Colorado. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer)

    This article originally appeared on The Gender Policy Report.

    The rhetoric of war is all around us during the Covid-19 pandemic, from the World Health Organization to historical takes. More critical assessments note that this war, like others, will hurt the most vulnerable. In a recent essay, feminist political scientist Cynthia Enloe takes issue with this rhetoric, pointing to the historic ways in which wars have led to “racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic practices.” Whether or not war rhetoric is helpful at this crucial moment, the current pandemic should be a wake-up call to expand what investments we consider essential to our national security, how we value work, and who gets called a hero.

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