Sociological Study of Relationship between Gender and Women's Health

Current paper aims to investigate role of gender in women’s health and disease. Research theoretical framework is feminist theory overall. Analytical – document methods was used. one of the basic issues in every social system is status of women’s health in the society which is highly influenced by variables out of medical and health system including socioeconomic status, climatic conditions education level, cultural and political situation, etc. in the members of society. The health should be considered at physical, mental and social dimensions. Meanwhile, gender factor plays considerable role in determining health of the society members and influences it. Division of gender and sex concepts has entered recently in social sciences and humanities and provides more realistic perspective for the scholars in this area. Sociologists believe that health and physical and mental diseases are not merely biological or psychological realities, rather simultaneously they have social dimensions and nature. Social factors may paly significant role increasing, preserving and promoting health and they also contribute essentially in prevalence and continuation of the diseases

Keywords:

Health , disease , sex , gender , feminist explanations , social - gender inequalities , social and biological explanations of health and illness