SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Medicalization, Talcott Parsons, Sick Role

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: Bellin

Document Summary

Process of teaching males and females appropriate behaviors, norms, actions, and. All but one of the harry potter movies. Women: small, parts , off balance, leaning, off center. Men: large, full body, squared and strong. Women are shown as vain and materialistic, stereotyped as house wives in sitcoms. Sociology of health is a broad subfield of sociology that studies: The institutions that have emerged surrounding health. Institutions and social roles ensure social ability. Non functional, in need of special attention. Temporary exemption from normal social responsibilities, pending legitimation. Patient is not to be blamed for their illness. Illness is a socially constructed response that is given legitimacy through the institution of medicine. Illness is a form of social deviance. Medicalization: the transformation of problems into medical diagnoses. Often involves translation of social deviance into medical terms. We all engage in bodily transformations as a way to project our identity. Increasing taking permanent forms in tattoos and plastic surgery.