Obstetric violence—violence in the labor room—has been described in terms not only of violence in general but specifically of gender violence. We offer a philosophical analysis of obstetric violence, focused on the central role of gendered shame for construing and perpetuating such violence. Gendered shame in labor derives both from the reifying gaze that transforms women's laboring bodies into dirty, overly sexual, and “not‐feminine‐enough” dysfunctional bodies and from a structural tendency to relate to laboring women mainly as mothers‐to‐be, from whom “good motherhood” is demanded. We show that women who desire a humane birth are thus easily made to feel ashamed of wanting to be respected and cared for as subjects, rather than caring exclusively for the baby's well‐being as a good altruistic mother supposedly should. We explore how obstetric violence is perpetuated and expanded through shaming mechanisms that paralyze women, rendering them passive and barely able to face and fight against this violence. Gendered shame has a crucial role in returning women to “femininity” and construing them as “fit mothers.” To stand against gendered shame, to resist it, on the other hand, is to clearly challenge obstetric violence and its oppressive power.

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驯化机构：耻辱在产科暴力中的作用

产科暴力（即劳动场所中的暴力）不仅被描述为一般暴力，而且还具体描述为性别暴力。我们对产科暴力进行了哲学分析，重点是性别耻辱在解释和延续这种暴力方面的核心作用。性别上的羞耻感既源于将女性劳动者的身体变成肮脏，过度性和“女性不够”的机能失调的凝视凝视，也源于一种结构上的趋势，即倾向于将劳动妇女当作主要的准妈妈来对待。谁要求“好母亲”。我们表明，渴望获得人道生育的妇女因此容易感到羞愧，因为他们希望自己成为受人尊重和照顾的对象，而不是像理智的好母亲那样专心照顾婴儿的幸福。我们探索如何通过使妇女瘫痪的羞辱机制来延续和扩大产科暴力，使她们变得被动，几乎无法面对和对抗这种暴力。性别羞辱在使妇女恢复“女性气质”并将其视为“健康母亲”方面起着至关重要的作用。另一方面，抵制性别耻辱，抵制性别耻辱，显然是对产科暴力及其压迫力的挑战。