SOC 2080 Lecture 12: Deviant Bodies (Part One)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2080
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Stigma a quality or attribute that is deeply discrediting and that has the power to interrupt social and personal relationships . In the european middle ages, anyone with a visible physical disability was seen as an extension of the devil"s work this is because of the common belief that god made man in his image. Young fetuses or individuals who were physically disabled would be treated with scorn and ridicule and, in extreme cases, would be killed. To this day, the physically disabled remain stigmatized (staring, whispering, etc. ) In 2015, goode looked at contemporary people and their feelings towards those with a physical disability through the social distancing scale : 1 if you had your way, you would put those with physical disabilities to death; 8. You are willing to have the physically disabled as kin: most north americans scored in the high 3s/low 4s, meaning that they would prefer their social distance.