Wade et al., (2016) suggest that hospitalization rates for women are higher than for men, although hospitalization is due to pregnancy and childbirth. Wade et al., (2016) recognize that by removing pregnancy and childbirth from the analysis, it actually shows that women have fewer hospital admissions than men. Men are more likely to be hospitalized due to circulatory and respiratory diseases, including injuries and poisoning, while women are hospitalized due to cancer, mental disorders and musculoskeletal diseases. Wade et al., (2016) discuss the contribution of feminist theories that have explored the impact of sexuality and gender in health and disease, shown in both macro and micro theories. Wade et al., (2016) acknowledges that some feminists have explained using macro theories to view gender as a social construction; others have taken microtheories and examined the impact of gender on our daily lives. The common theme in macro and micro theories when talking about sex and gender in health is the understanding that gender is a social construct and creates differences in morbidity, mortality, access to health services and experiences in healthcare.
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