FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Menopause, Main Source, Coronary Artery Disease

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

Document Summary

Yes it does, it is how our illnesses play out. Some of the most striking and persistent differences concern"s men"s and women"s health and mortality. Adult"s rates of chronic, disease, disability and mortality are much higher than children"s. Connection between health and gender is social, political, psychological and behavioural; make sense of the data in relation to the behavioural world that we live in. More importantly, it is personal and cumulative: when people expose themselves to persistent behaviours, things become normalized. Tend to personalize health information; red wines bad for you, well i had red wine last night. Behaviour, social support and socialization are deeply affected by gender roles; socialization starts very early, happens from birth (how we learn, how we talk, has huge implications on the choices made) Gender roles have important consequences in determining our health and well- being. Social science thinking and research on gender and health continues understand what these differences speak to .