性別主流化是世界性的議題，聯合國及世界衛生組織強調性別觀點及性別平等概念應融入政府各項重要決策的過程。不同的文化對生產的處理有不同的態度，也影響生產婦女及其伴侶的感受與需求，他們的需求要被瞭解與被滿足。產科醫師們信仰科技與強調生產風險醫療觀點逐漸影響婦女的生產經驗。本篇文章以性別觀點看婦女生產的醫療化、藥物減痛對婦女的壓迫、高剖腹產率責怪婦女、男性參與生產的被忽視，希望可以作為改進性別平等婦女生產照護的參考資料。

Gender mainstreaming is a worldwide issue. The United Nations and the World Health Organization have emphasized the importance of incorporating gender perspectives and gender equity into government policy decisions. Different cultures have different attitudes toward the management of childbirth and these attitudes influence the feelings and needs of women and their partners. These needs must be better understood and satisfied. The widely held technocratic values of obstetricians influence the birthing experience of women significantly. This article uses a gender perspective to describe the medicalization of childbirth, the pharmacological pain-relief oppression of women, the prevalence of blaming women for decisions to conduct Caesarean sections, and the exclusion of men from involvement in the childbirth process. This article may be used as reference to enhance gender equality childbirth care for women.