SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Isolation, Malingering, National Association To Advance Fat Acceptance

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Abomination of the body (goths, feminists, fat people, etc. ) Physical disabled bodies (visibly) socially and that the power to interpret social and personal function: 2. Physical incapacity (e. g. physical disability) (blindness, missing a limb, etc. ) Defeated and low on self-esteem t(at t(ey d)dn"t. )mpossible to (cid:498)pass(cid:499) as normal (cid:498)anti-fat(cid:499) stigma was too powerful: managing stigma. Even bother: impact of stigma, low self-esteem and self-worth, depression and anxiety, reluctance to seek help, social isolation (limited social & leisure activities, controlling obese bodies, media and commercial markets. Individualized: personal fears and insecurities, self-control and choice, quick fix, control and self-regulation, medicalization. Individualized: self-regulation, medical intervention (gastric bypass, liposuction, etc. , body as undesirable, big business, my 600 pound life. Individualizes problem, brings social control: signs of resistance, national association to advance fat acceptance (naafa) as tertiary deviance, end discrimination and promote dignity, success and perceived moral responsibility.