Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 33 No. br 3, 2021.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2021.287
MENSTRUAL CYCLE CONTROL - A CONTROVERSIAL EXAMPLE OF HUMAN ENHANCEMENT IN RELATION TO WOMEN'S BODY AND PSYCHE
Lucia Martinelli
; MUSE - Science Museum, Trento, Italy
Srećko Gajović
; Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Jiwon Shim
; Department of Philosophy, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
By discussing the position of bio-conservatism and transhumanism, we question if the women menstrual cycle control would
, a choice of freedom from
undesired physiological conditions, a medicalization of a natural physiological event or an innovative carrier of social stigma
against the women. We argue that the advancement of medical science may allow women a choice if to regulate own menstrual
cycle, offering them as well a right to intervene responsibly on their own body and psyche. Accordingly, a post-human society
could provide a suitable coexistence between women who claim menstruation as the biological essence and those who claim it as
an option.
Keywords
menstrual cycle control; mental health; psyche; bio-conservativism; transhumanism
Hrčak ID:
266011
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Publication date:
22.11.2021.
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