I really enjoyed this week’s reading as it is both intriguing and relevant, discussing issues that can apply to or can be paralleled by other social situations and misconducts that are present in society. I especially appreciated the author’s discussion of the paradoxical effects of infrastructural violence, as I had never truly realized that infrastructure played this role and I can make connections to how infrastructural violence impacts many different groups. Dixon writes, “When already marginalized women are conditioned to seek out biomedical care in a setting where getting that care can be impossible, by being told by health workers that they must have their babies in clinics or hospitals, even when those are hours away, overcrowded, or provide low-quality care, they are experiencing the paradoxical effects of infrastructural violence” (100). I thought this quote was especially significant because it demonstrates that infrastructural violence within society has implications that are unforeseen, and these implications tend to impact marginalized groups. While the midwives bring attention to this issue and help make important contributions to be there for women, infrastructural paradox serves as a boundary that is difficult to cross and cannot be reformed without deep institutional changes. This makes me ask the question: In what other parts of society do we see examples of infrastructural violence? Which groups are most impacted by these paradoxes and in what ways?
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