14 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2016/2096(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the World Health Organisation defines health as physical, mental, and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease or infirmity, a definition which includes a subjective element that has to be taken into account when dealing with this matter;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas above and beyond biological characteristics, women’s mental health depends on factors such as the education that they have received, the extent to which they have internalised social and cultural values, norms, and stereotypes, the way in which they have lived through and assimilated their experiences, the attitudes that they have towards themselves and others, the roles that they play, and the obstacles and pressures with which they have to contend;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mental health problems, which are different from psychiatric disorders, vary across genders: women have higher rates of depression and anxiety, anxiety, and somatisation (referred to as internalising disorders) and of eating disorders and men have higher rates of substance abuse and antisocial disorders (referred to as externalising disorders); whereas, in addition, the number of women suffering from stress has increased;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the forms of somatisation occurring most frequently in women include fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, the main symptoms being pain and exhaustion, although they have many other symptoms that are common to other diseases;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to recognise male violence against women, whatever form it takes, as a public health issue, whatever form it takes; as it was described in World Health Organisation Resolution WHA49.25 of 25 May 1996;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that women often have to work a two-in-one working day, that is to say, a day’s work at their place of employment and a day’s work at home, because men do not devote themselves sufficiently to the responsibility of household tasks and bringing up daughters and sons, causing many women to suffer from depression, anxiety, and stress, in addition to feelings of guilt at their failure to look after the family in the proper way, that being the role traditionally assigned to women;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Condemns a widespread new sexist stereotype which has it that the modern woman has to shine in her studies and at work, but must satisfy traditional expectations by being a good wife and home-maker and a perfect mother while also keeping her looks, a behaviour pattern that causes many women to feel stress and anxiety;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to take measures in the health-related field of early detection and support to victims of gender-based violence and to apply health protocols in cases of assault, which should be referred to the appropriate courts with a view to speeding up the legal procedure; also calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of access to information and integrated social assistance, to be provided through permanent urgent care services specialising in multidisciplinary professional services;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Maintains that women who have been subjected to gender-based violence suffer after-effects, often for life, in their physical and mental health; notes that according to the WHO World report on violence and health 1 a , the repercussions which gender-based violence has on women can take a variety of forms: physical effects (bruising, fractures, chronic pain syndromes, disability, fibromyalgia, digestive troubles, etc.); psychological and behavioural effects (alcohol and drug abuse, depression and anxiety, eating and sleep disorders, feelings of shame and guilt, phobias and panic attacks, low self-esteem, post- traumatic stress disorder, psychosomatic disorders, suicidal and self-harming behaviour, insecurity in later relationships, etc.); sexual and reproductive effects: Gynaecological disorders, infertility, complications during pregnancy, miscarriages, sexual dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, etc.); and fatal effects (murder, suicide, death as a result of an STD, etc.); __________________ 1aKrug, Dahlberg, Mercy, Zwi, and Lozano, 2002.
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that nowadays the media and advertising portray the sexy young woman as a winner and that this emphasis on the body as a means of achieving success, socially and at work, and of attracting men could induce many women, starting in their adolescence, a stage at which they are more vulnerable, to attempt to conform to the models of the day, with the danger that they will become dependent on their physical image, leading to dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, stress, and, in short, deterioration in their mental health; points out that some women have such a distorted perception of their image that they develop eating and behavioural disorders, for instance anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, binge eating disorder, or bigorexia;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Points out also that the youth cult makes women feel over-anxious about the fact of growing older and changes in their physical appearance, with the result that many women display a degree of determination that might be called morbid as they strive to stay for ever young and slim, even giving way to an obsession with cosmetic surgery in order to achieve that goal;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the media and the advertising industry to respect the dignity of women and their right to an image free of stereotypes and discrimination, and to stop using stereotypes of beauty and youth or women’s sexual attractiveness as a model of social success, be it in public or in private media; also calls on them to publicise healthy ways of life, show a variety of family models and different lifestyles, and convey an image of women more in tune with the current diversity;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16b. Notes that it is a proven fact that women take greater quantities of psychotropic drugs than men, but that there are very few studies on gender differences regarding the effect of those drugs, which are prescribed for women and men without distinction and in the same doses; expresses its concern at the fact that women suffer to a greater extent from adverse effects of psychotropic drugs because they are excluded from clinical trials and no account is taken, therefore, of the female physiology, which changes due to menstrual cycles and other special circumstances such as pregnancy, breast- feeding, the menopause, or the use of hormonal contraceptives or hormone replacement therapies, which affect the way in which the drugs are assimilated; also points out that women, more often than men, seek to resolve their mental problems with the aid of psychotherapies;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Points to the urgent need to incorporate gender differences into clinical procedures in the mental health field;