SOCWORK 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Slut, Leilani Muir

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 1AA3
• Professor: ALL

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Forced sterilization is no longer allowed in canada. Issues manifest in other practices more aligned to the social context. Leilani muir flagged by the social worker. Iceland- they aren"t eliminating down syndrome, they are eliminating people. Depends on how much power" one has, has access to. Every relationship is a relationship of power. Oppressive relationships are one where a person has power over . Traditional view of oppression- in social relation there are those who are oppressed and those who are oppressors. Ties to identity (race, age, gender, class, etc) 1) social context influences the 2) model of help which 3) impact people and some people more than others based on relationships of power and identify 4) To understand oppression we need to understand privilege. Privilege are the unearned advantages granted mainly through birth. People are blocked from opportunities to self develop. People are excluded from full participation in society. It does divide people into groups (racism, classism, sexism, ableism.