SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cardiovascular Disease, Physical Abuse, Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
11 May 2016
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Lecture 14; gender and health (understanding the social. The reflection of power inequalities in the definitions of illness and health. Men as the dominant gender ---> more access to knowledge production --> the power to define. Medicalization of deviance --> middle and upper class women who did not fit into the femininity /motherhood dominant definition were diagnosed as mad or suffering from hysteria. Medicalization for profit --> social construction of medial "problems" Low sex drive (esp. female sexual arousal disorder) The effects of class and race on health. Class and race individually or combined have an effect on health and well-being. People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those with less education and lower income levels. Women without a high school diploma have 8. 6 year shorter life expectancy than those with a bachelor"s degree or higher.
