Karen Messing is an award-winning and internationally recognized expert on occupational health. She is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles and the book One-eyed Science: Occupational Health and Working Women. She is also the editor of Integrating Gender in Ergonomic Analysis, which has been translated into six languages.
"A scientific treatise, a page-turner, an expos?. It's hard to
exaggerate the attractions of this extraordinary book. It makes the
personal political and the political personal, drawing the reader
along in the careful and scientific exploration of the sexism,
biases, and silences of science. Pain and Prejudice should be
required reading for all scientists." - Pat Armstrong,
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Sociology, York
University and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
"How can scientists be objective and empathetic at the same time?
Karen Messing's decades of research into workers' health,
especially the health of women workers and those of the lower rungs
of the working class, are examined and analyzed in a very
interesting and readable style. Dr. Messing shows how collaboration
with community partners such as unions can improve research but how
this type of research is increasingly threatened. She shows how
research can and should make change in the workplace to improve
workers' health." - Cathy Walker, past director, National Health
and Safety, Canadian Auto Workers
"Karen Messing demonstrates a profound empathy for "invisible"
people, the legion of workers performing jobs of which most of us
are unaware or ignore. Pain and Prejudice is an important book that
informs us how uninformed or thoughtless we are to problems of
stress and pollution which can be relieved by taking them seriously
and listening to the workers themselves." - David Suzuki, author of
The Sacred Balance
"Karen Messing is a riveting storyteller who illuminates areas
usually enveloped in the fog of expertise and pedantry. She belongs
to a lamentably rare breed; she is a militant intellectual. An
accomplished scientist, she tells, in a personal, evocative style,
of the way she came to better understand the relationships between
employers, science, and labour. Her encounters with, and analyses
of, science and scientists hired by capital and government to
regulate working conditions lead her to question both the
impartiality of science and the accompanying lack of empathy for
workers, particularly women. This is a valuable book for anyone
interested in social theory, sociology, and, most importantly, the
health and safety of workers." - Harry Glasbeek, author of Wealth
by Stealth
"Karen Messing is one of the intellectual trailblazers in
occupational health. She and her colleagues set the bar for
scientific integrity, public health advocacy and women's rights
over decades of collaborative research with numerous groups of
workers. Time after time we have modestly attempted to emulate in
our own work the insights she applied and approaches she pioneered.
We encourage all those interested in occupational health, gender
rights and equality and social justice to read this book. You won't
be disappointed. Indeed, you will be inspired." - James Brophy, PhD
and Margaret Keith, PhD
"Messing has long been one of the leading practitioners of
"listening to workers' stories" as a way of understanding their
health. Pain and Prejudice describes how this approach evolved, why
it is so effective, and some of the leading findings. It provides a
unique window into the world of worker health and safety." - Wayne
Lewchuk, professor, School of Labour Studies and Department of
Economics, McMaster University
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