KINE 2P44 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: George Carlin, Human Development Index, Stiff Upper Lip

• School: Brock University
• Department: Physical Education and Kinesiology
• Course: KINE 2P44
• Professor: Jarold Cosby

Document Summary

Our identities are created by our interactions with social. Mcmullin [2010] argues that there are 5 dimensions of structures interlocking social structures that impact our lives: class, age, gender, ethnicity, race. These 5 social structures are combines in many different ways in. These different combinations lead to inequalities throughout the: ex. If you"re a woman in a developed country, you will live individuals life course longer and healthier. Cumulative advantages and disadvantages that manifest in older age. We have agency we can decide parts of our life course: structural elements do establish boundaries, but through education, better nutrition, etc, we can overcome some of the structural elements. Structural elements refers to things we can"t do much about: ex. Every social structure, regardless of size, requires a division of a position: as a result, positions are ranked formally or informally, these ranking impact the perceived status and prestige of.