Kim and Jarman conclude that Lady Eboshi's supposed benevolence in incorporating lepers and prostitutes into her society leverages the social stigma attached to marginalized groups, pointing out that the hierarchical structures within Iron Town still support the stigmatization of lepers and prostitutes. Kim and Jarman suggested that Eboshi's disregard of ancient laws and curses towards prostitutes and lepers was enlightenment reasoning and her exploitation of disabled people furthered her modernist viewpoints. Michelle Jarman, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at the, and Eunjung Kim, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the, said the disabled and gendered sexual bodies were partially used as a transition from the feudal era to a hegemony that 'embraces modern, such as, gendered division of labor, of people with diseases, and of men and women.' They likened Lady Eboshi to a. Lady Eboshi is driven by her compassion for the disabled, and believes that blood from the Great Forest Spirit could allow her to 'cure her poor lepers'.
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