FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Multiple Sex Partners, Health Equity, Binge Drinking

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

Document Summary

Women are most oten associated with health dispariies. Vulnerability of aboriginal women due to domesic abuse. Canada ideniies unequal relaionships between women and men as the source of gender based violence. Elderly, immigrants, mentally ill are more suscepible to violence. Gender equality and improving the health of women. More canadian women sufer from illnesses then men. Gender roles: male more physical work contributes to their high morbidity rates. Adolescent injuries such as muliple sex partners, binge drinking cause future problems. Men are known for drinking beer (gender role) Muliple roles of women leading to negaive health outcomes. Women are the most appropriate care givers for children. Demanding social ies an indicator of depression for women. Poverty, housing, and caring relaionships contribute to lifelong capaciies and vulnerabiliies. Toxic exposures impose negaive efects as early as fetal development. Women, spend lots of ime at home, exposed to toxic household products. Violence against women is tolerated in many countries.