高龄初产妇的问题化——基于医学话语与大众话语的双重建构

Problematization of Elderly Primiparas: Dual Construction Based on Medical Discourse and Popular Discourse

在医学话语与大众话语的共同建构下,高龄初产妇已经从一个医学概念成为一种兼具性别意涵与越轨特征的话语体系,并对处于适龄期的中国青年女性造成了一定的身心压力。以社会性别为视角,从医学、大众文化两个层面分析关于高龄初产妇的流行叙事与价值立场,有助于发掘这种话语背后隐藏的权力机制。事实上,在中国人口结构失衡的宏观背景下,高龄初产妇的问题化不仅基于医学对女性生理特征的注解,也产生于当前社会文化所建构出的性别化规训力量。有关高龄初产妇的身体问题化、身份污名化的话语表述,体现出了医学权力与男性权力对女性身体的合力争夺。

Elderly primiparas, as a phenomenon existing both in medical discource and in popular discourse, have become a gendered concept that implies deviance and is a psychological stressor for this age group women in China. To reveal the power dynamics embedded in this concept, this article deconstructs the popular narrative and the value of elderly primiparas from a gender perspective.It considers that the physical challenges as well as stigmatization inherent in the concept of elderly primiparas are derived from not only the medical explanation of women＇s physiology but also the contemporary construction of a gendered culture of conformity. Behind the narrative of physical challenges and stigma, it is the contest between the medical power and male power that vie for control of the female body.