This weeks topic is Health and Mortality, Inequalities: Gender, Race, and Class. One of the readings was Dona Tona of Nineteenth Street is a short story about a curandera who uses magic, herbs, and massage to treat someone is ill. The townspeople would make assumptions that she’s an actual “witch” or “Crazy Old Witch” with the ability to cure people with her natural remedies and prayers. While the townspeople viewed Doctor Herida as a the first choice to seek for medical help. People choose to go to the reputable doctor first rather than seeing Dona Tona, because they believe that Dr. Herida offered professional medical assistance.
However, there were cases when Dr. Herida prescription didn’t worked many people instead searched for Dona Tona assistance. The people who do end up seeking help from her have seen results in their recovery than the Dr’s prescriptions. The question is that why do people still view Dona Tona as the last resort and continue to go to the Dr. Regardless of what people said about her, Dona Tona continue to travel to far parts of the barrio to get where she is needed to help people in need. This is considered inequality consider differences with gender. Dona wasn’t taken seriously only when someone is gravely sick or the doc’s prescriptions didn’t cure the patient. Dona Tona deserves the source of recognition and credit just as well as Dr. Herida.
Even though people continue to seek for Doctor Heridas medical advice, in the end they still went to see Dona Tona. With her expertise patients were able to see signs of improvements to their health. Acknowledging the differences of the treatment of between both genders and see how Dona Tona is treated, while Dr. Herida was seen as more reputable and respectful. By seeing both differences show the source of inequality. Both are valid enough to seek for help. It’s the people choice to believe what they feel it’s the truth to them. As long as people are able to recognize people’s efforts like Dona Tona and consider her to be a valid resource as much as the doctor.
However, there were cases when Dr. Herida prescription didn’t worked many people instead searched for Dona Tona assistance. The people who do end up seeking help from her have seen results in their recovery than the Dr’s prescriptions. The question is that why do people still view Dona Tona as the last resort and continue to go to the Dr. Regardless of what people said about her, Dona Tona continue to travel to far parts of the barrio to get where she is needed to help people in need. This is considered inequality consider differences with gender. Dona wasn’t taken seriously only when someone is gravely sick or the doc’s prescriptions didn’t cure the patient. Dona Tona deserves the source of recognition and credit just as well as Dr. Herida.
Even though people continue to seek for Doctor Heridas medical advice, in the end they still went to see Dona Tona. With her expertise patients were able to see signs of improvements to their health. Acknowledging the differences of the treatment of between both genders and see how Dona Tona is treated, while Dr. Herida was seen as more reputable and respectful. By seeing both differences show the source of inequality. Both are valid enough to seek for help. It’s the people choice to believe what they feel it’s the truth to them. As long as people are able to recognize people’s efforts like Dona Tona and consider her to be a valid resource as much as the doctor.