Movie review
June 10, 2023 · 103 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Doc pushes gender bias against advocating mothers and institutional medical misogyny the whole way through. Story constantly frames the hospital and child services as villains for dismissing the mother's pain advocacy due to systemic sexism. Creators publicly market it as exposing the gender pain gap in healthcare. Narrative hammers how the system silences fighting moms instead of believing them.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Take Care of Maya.
Woke representation / casting
Real documentary subjects with no forced diversity.
Woke political dialogue
Features ideological framing on gender bias in medical accusations.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative driven by mother's advocacy dismissed due to medical misogyny and bias against women.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Strongly critiques medical and child welfare systems for systemic bias against advocating mothers, portraying dismissal of maternal concerns as flawed institutional practice.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Controversy centers on one-sidedness and case facts; woke complaints minimal.
Creator track record context
Garbus and Keating pattern of social justice/system docs plus explicit gender bias framing for this title.
Production
